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.
Bill status
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Introduction
Feb 2026
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Introduced Feb 3, 2026
Last action Apr 10, 2026
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Referred to House Committee on K-12 Education Budget
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Feb 3, 2026
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Party
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Alexis Simmons
DDemocratic
P
Angela Martinez
DDemocratic
P
Brandon Woodard
DDemocratic
P
Dan Osman
DDemocratic
P
Ford Carr
DDemocratic
P
Heather Meyer
DDemocratic
P
Jo Ella Hoye
DDemocratic
P
K.C. Ohaebosim
DDemocratic
P
Kirk Haskins
DDemocratic
P
Linda Featherston
DDemocratic
P
Lindsay Vaughn
DDemocratic
P
Lynn Melton
DDemocratic
P
Mari-Lynn Poskin
DDemocratic
P
Melissa Oropeza
DDemocratic
P
Rui Xu
DDemocratic
P
Suzanne Wikle
DDemocratic
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