North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S950: School Meals for Every Child.
Status: Introduced, May 4, 2026
What the bill says
An act to provide breakfast and lunch in public schools at no cost to students.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT NO COST TO STUDENTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 115C-263 reads as rewritten: "§ 115C-263. School nutrition services. (a) As a part of the function of the public school system, local boards of education public school units shall have a school food authority to provide to the extent practicable school nutrition services in the schools under their jurisdiction. The school food authority shall offer students two meals per day, breakfast and lunch, at no cost to the student. All school nutrition services made available under this authority shall be provided in accordance with federal guidelines established by the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. (b) The To the extent that funds are made available for the purpose, the State Board of Education shall allocate funds to school food authorities at public school units for the purpose of providing healthy nutrition services at no cost to students. In issuing the allocation, the Board shall do the following: (1) Determine the amount to allocate to each school food authority based on an evaluation of the authority's nutrition services. The Board shall develop the method and criteria for the evaluation, which, at a minimum, shall account for …
Sponsors
- Mohammed, Mujtaba A. (D, 38) · primary sponsor
- Murdock, Natalie S. (D, 20) · primary sponsor
- Applewhite, Val (D, 19) · primary sponsor
- Adcock, Gale (D, 16)
- Batch, Sydney (D, 17)
- Chaudhuri, Jay J. (D, 15)
- Chitlik, Sophia (D, 22)
- Garson, Jonah (D, 23)
- Salvador, DeAndrea (D, 39)
- Smith, Kandie D. (D, 5)
- Theodros, Caleb (D, 41)
- Waddell, Joyce (D, 40)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: Appropriations, Boards, Budgeting, Education, Public, Education Boards, Elementary Education, Kindergarten
Common questions
- What is S950?
- S950 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): School Meals for Every Child.
- What does S950 do?
- In its own words: An act to provide breakfast and lunch in public schools at no cost to students.
- What is the status of S950?
- Introduced as of May 4, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (May 4, 2026).
- Who sponsored S950?
- Mohammed, Mujtaba A. (D, 38), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S950?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S950
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