Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026 (S. 5318)
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
8/6/2026 • Senate
Summary
Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026
This bill establishes a grant program to support summer early reading programs held at schools with a summer lunch site.
Specifically, the Department of Education must use funds provided for the program to award competitive grants to state library administrative agencies to enable them to award subgrants to eligible local educational agencies for summer early reading programs held at schools with a summer lunch site.
The program is open to local educational agencies that include schools where at least 50% of the students in prekindergarten through grade 3 are (1) reading below grade level at grade 3, or (2) at risk of reading below grade level at grade 3.
Introduced in Senate • 8/6/2026
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Bill Journey
Originated in the Senate
Introduced
August 6, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Related Bills (5)
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· Congress.gov, CRS, USAspending, FEC, LDA · Record updated Aug 25, 2026
- Congress.govLibrary of CongressStatus, actions, sponsors, cosponsors, committees and textRecord updated Aug 25, 2026 · Loaded Oct 28, 2026, 3:38 PM ET
- CRS bill summaryCongressional Research Service, via Congress.govOfficial summarySummary of the “Introduced in Senate” version, Aug 6, 2026 · Loaded Oct 28, 2026, 3:38 PM ET
- USAspending.govU.S. Department of the TreasuryRelated Federal Spending section
- FEC filingsFederal Election CommissionFunding & Lobbying section
- Lobbying disclosures (LDA)Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the HouseFunding & Lobbying section
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