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VA SB4

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Danica Roem

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires all public elementary and secondary schools to provide breakfast at no cost to any student who requests it, with a maximum of one breakfast per student per school day

  • Mandates state reimbursement to schools for each breakfast served, covering the difference between federal USDA payments and the free meal rate set annually by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

  • Continues requiring schools to participate in both the federal National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program

  • Maintains existing requirement that schools provide lunch to any student who requests it, regardless of ability to pay, while prohibiting use of third-party debt collectors for unpaid meal debts

  • Repeals existing Code section 22.1-207.3 and grants the Department of Education authority to create rules for implementation

Legislative Description

School breakfasts; availability at no cost to students.

Last Action

Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

2/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Finance and Appropriations1/22/2026
Education: Public Education1/15/2026
Education and Health11/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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