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MI SB0785

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/11/2026

Primary Sponsor

Dayna Polehanki

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Origin

Senate

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Allocates up to $200 million from the state school aid fund and $1.6 million from the general fund for 2025-2026 to provide free school lunch and breakfast to public school pupils in grades pre-K through 12

  • Removes nonpublic schools from eligibility for free meal funding, limiting the program to public schools only

  • Requires participating entities to meet requirements under section 1271 of the revised school code rather than the previous detailed list of program requirements

  • Eliminates explicit requirements for participating in the National School Lunch Program, maximizing federal reimbursement through Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), and forgiving school meal debt

  • Takes effect only if Senate Bill No. 784 of the 103rd Legislature is also enacted into law (tie bar provision)

Legislative Description

Education: meals; free school lunch and breakfast program; modify. Amends sec. 30d of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1630d). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0784'26

State agencies (existing): education

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Education

2/11/2026

Committee Referrals

Education2/11/2026

Full Bill Text

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