,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #idhb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #h1        
#bjbb,ms4 ,porter 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,aguilar1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 ,norton1    
,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mrs4 ,watson 
,coleman1 ,mr4 ,gottheimer1 and ,mr4    
,de,saulnier7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,labor  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,richard ,b4      
,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act  
to establish statewide community        
eligibility for certain special         
assistance payments1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,no ,hungry ,kids in
 ,schools ,act4  #b4 ,statewide         
community eligibility ,section          
#aa7;a77#a77;,f7 of the ,richard ,b4    
,russell ,national ,school ,lunch ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #agei;a7a77#a77;,f77 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7xiv7 ,statewide community  
eligibility ,for each school year       

beginning on or after ,july #a1 #bjbc1  
the ,secretary shall establish an option
 for ,states to utilize a statewide     
community eligibility program1 for      
purposes of which1 in the case of a     
,state agency that agrees to provide    
funding from sources other than ,federal
 funds to ensure that local educational 
agencies in the ,state receive the free 
reimbursement rate for #ajj percent of  
the meals served at applicable schools--
 7,i7 the threshold described in clause 
7viii7 shall be zero2 and  7,,ii7 the   
percentage of enrolled students who were
 identified students shall be calculated
 across all applicable schools in the   
,state regardless of local educational  
agency4  4