HB 4641 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Relating to codifying the guidelines for nutritionally adequate school breakfasts and lunches

HB 4641 (the "Feed to Achieve Act") requires West Virginia county school boards to provide nutritionally adequate breakfasts and lunches meeting current federal standards, directly affecting all elementary students. It mandates limits on added sugar and sodium in school meals based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and phases in free breakfasts for elementary students where feasible using existing funds like donations or federal programs. Schools must adopt approved breakfast delivery systems (e.g., "Breakfast in the Classroom") and track participation rates, while the state reports annually on program impacts to legislative committees. The bill codifies existing USDA meal patterns without creating new federal funding requirements.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2026 Last action Feb 3, 2026

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Introduced Version → Committee Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was significantly reformatted and cleaned to remove website navigation links, headers, and footer information that were mistakenly included in the original draft. The substantive legal language regarding school nutrition programs, definitions, and reporting requirements remains unchanged, though minor text cleanup was applied to fix formatting inconsistencies within the statute itself.

Scope change

No change in the scope or applicability of the law; the bill continues to apply to county boards of education and elementary schools in West Virginia.

TECHNICAL

Removed all non-legislative website interface text (e.g., navigation menus, footers, and 'Introduced Version' headers) to isolate the actual statutory text.

Corrected minor formatting inconsistencies in the statute text, such as removing stray line breaks and standardizing the presentation of subsections.

Added a specific citation to section §18-5D-4 in subsection (f)(h) to clarify the reference to nonprofit funds, which was missing in the original draft.

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Committee

Feb 3, 2026

Committee

To House Education

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Committee

By substitute, do pass, but first to Education

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Committee

To House Health and Human Resources

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Committee

To Health and Human Resources then Education

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors