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VA SB4
Bill
Status
11/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Danica Roem
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AI Summary
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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
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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
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Continues requiring schools to participate in both the federal National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program
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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
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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