# 119-s-3157: School Meals for Healthy Kids Act of 2025

119-s-3157, School Meals for Healthy Kids Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3157
- Congress: 119
- Title: School Meals for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-07
- Sponsor: Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

This bill would codify current practices that **use Medicaid data to directly certify students for free or reduced-price school meals** and would fix the Community Eligibility Provision multiplier at 1.6. - Families and students: More children would stay automatically certified for free or reduced-price lunches and breakfasts because states that already use Medicaid data could continue that practice starting with the 2024-25 school year. - Community Eligibility Provision schools and districts: CEP calculations would use a fixed multiplier of 1.6 each school year, aligning the formula with the methodology in effect on enactment. - State agencies: State agencies that use Medicaid program data would be able to carry forward existing direct-certification and demonstration project practices under the same conditions that applied at the start of the 2024-25 school year.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Continue Medicaid-based school meal certification: benefit, medium. If enacted, States that used Medicaid data for direct certification in the school year starting July 1, 2024 could keep using that data in later school years. This would allow children enrolled in Medicaid to be directly certified for free or reduced-price school lunches and breakfasts without sepa…
- Higher federal payments for free-meal schools: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would set the Community Eligibility Provision multiplier at 1.6 for each school year. That multiplier would be used to calculate federal meal reimbursements for schools that use the CEP free-meal option. Schools participating in CEP would likely get higher federal payments, whi…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-3157 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3157)

## Related
- [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120)
- [119-s-4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4668)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3157 (as of 2026-04-21).