HB 2656 Kansas House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Establishing the no kid hungry in schools program to reimburse school districts for the cost of providing certain meals to students attending public school.

HB 2656 establishes Kansas' "No Kid Hungry in Schools" program, requiring public school districts with high student poverty rates to provide free breakfasts and lunches to all students. The state reimburses districts for the cost difference between federal meal reimbursements and the federal free-meal rate, covering up to one breakfast and one lunch per student daily. School districts must participate if they qualify under federal poverty thresholds for free meal eligibility, and must offer two federally reimbursable meals per student per day. The bill amends existing school meal funding laws to implement this state-level reimbursement system.
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Introduced Feb 3, 2026 Last action Apr 10, 2026
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