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MN SF3925
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/26/2026
Primary Sponsor
Julia Coleman
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AI Summary
- Limits state-funded free school meals to students from families with incomes at or below 500% of federal poverty guidelines, renaming the program from "free school meals" to "enhanced school meals"
- Establishes $36 per adjusted pupil unit in safe schools aid for school districts, charter schools, Tribal contract schools, cooperative units, and nonpublic schools, effective fiscal year 2027
- Creates a new first tier local optional allowance of $90 per adjusted pupil unit and renames existing tiers, increasing total local optional revenue available to districts
- Allows charter schools to receive both first and second tier local optional aid allowances from their students' districts of residence
- Permits school districts to set meal eligibility standards higher than the enhanced standard (500% poverty) and transfer other school funds to cover those additional meal costs
Legislative Description
Funding increase for school safety and local optional aid for schools; state-paid free school lunches criteria modification
Last Action
Referred to Education Finance
2/26/2026
Committee Referrals
Education Finance2/26/2026
Full Bill Text
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