No Shame at School Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 46
- Latest action
- Sep 30, 2025
What it does
The No Shame at School Act of 2025 amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require mandatory certification of eligible students for free or reduced-price meals, eliminate discretionary language, and mandate retroactive reimbursement for meal claims when eligibility is approved during the school year. It prohibits schools from stigmatizing children with unpaid meal fees by banning physical segregation, public identification, withholding educational opportunities, using debt collectors, or taking away served meals, while allowing sealed, non-stigmatizing letters to be sent home to parents. The bill defines a "covered child" as either a student participating in school meal…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Ilhan Omar
- Adam Smith
- Adriano Espaillat
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Andrea Salinas
- André Carson
- Ayanna Pressley
- Bonnie Watson Coleman
- Chellie Pingree
- Danny Davis
- Delia Ramirez
- Dwight Evans
- Eleanor Norton
- Frederica Wilson
- Gwen Moore
- Henry Johnson
- J. Correa
- James McGovern
- Janice Schakowsky
- Jill Tokuda
- Jonathan Jackson
- Judy Chu
- Julia Brownley
- Julie Johnson
- Kevin Mullin
- Lateefah Simon
- Mark DeSaulnier
- Mark Pocan
- Mark Takano
- Melanie Stansbury
- Mike Thompson
- Nanette Barragán
- Nydia Velázquez
- Pramila Jayapal
- Rashida Tlaib
- Ro Khanna
- Robert Garcia
- Robin Kelly
- Sanford Bishop
- Scott Peters
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
- Stacey Plaskett
- Summer Lee
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove
- Troy Carter
- Yvette Clarke
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.