Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to school lunch programs provided by school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D)
Topics:State budgetK–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 16, 2026
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to school lunch programs provided by school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools (schools). For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the bill requires each school to operate a program under which lunches are served to all students in attendance, regardless of the income of the student’s family. The bill appropriates from the general fund of the state to the department of education an amount necessary to make the payments to schools necessary to cover the costs of providing free school lunches that are not covered by any Act of Congress and appropriated to the state of Iowa for use in connection with school lunch programs.
Read the full explanation
The bill requires the state board of education to adopt rules to administer these provisions. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named February 16, 2026. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Creates§283A.6
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
1 for · 0 against · 0 undecided · Who →
Family tree
Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 2060 Relating to school lunch and breakfast programs provided by school districts, accredited n…90th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
- HF 2368 Relating to school lunch programs provided by school districts and accredited nonpublic sc…90th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
Similar bills this General Assembly
- SF 58 Relating to school lunch and breakfast programs provided by school districts, accredited n…91st General Assembly · In committeeVery similar
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.