,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bg1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,aguilar 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,carson1   
,ms4 ,chu1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,mr4      
,mc,garvey1 ,ms4 ,jacobs1 ,mr4          
,gottheimer1 ,mr4 ,mullin1 ,ms4 ,norton1
 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,ms4     
,tlaib1 and ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,workforce  ,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 #bjbe1  
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 schools1 
as defined by the ,secretary-- 7,i7 the 
multiplier described in clause 7vii7    
shall apply2  7,,ii7 the threshold      
described in clause 7viii7 shall be     
zero2 and  7,,iii7 the percentage of    
enrolled students who were identified   
students shall be calculated across all 
applicable schools in the ,state        
regardless of local educational agency4 
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