SPARK Act

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D WildSponsor

30 cosponsors · 27 D, 3 R

26 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Schools Preventing Hunger in At-Risk Kids Act or the SPARK Act This bill expands automatic eligibility for the National School Lunch Program to foster children who have been placed with a relative or family friend with the involvement of the state child welfare agency.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 9, 2019

Schools Preventing Hunger in At-Risk Kids Act or the SPARK Act

This bill expands automatic eligibility for the National School Lunch Program to foster children who have been placed with a relative or family friend with the involvement of the state child welfare agency. To enroll in the program, a family must document the foster child's status to the child's school.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: SPARK Act

Also known as: Schools Preventing Hunger in At-Risk Kids Act

Latest action (Sep 9, 2019): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Policy area: Families · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 9, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.