Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB2341: Requires certain public schools to offer breakfast after the bell
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
To amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to breakfast served in schools. Section A. Chapter 191, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 191.820, to read as follows: 191.820. 1. As used in this section, "breakfast after the bell" means any food served after the instructional day has officially begun but before any lunch period in the school begins. 2. Except as provided in subsections 5 and 9 of this section, in school year 202627 and each school year thereafter, the following schools shall offer breakfast after the bell to each.
From the introduced text:
To amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to breakfast served in schools. Section A. Chapter 191, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 191.820, to read as follows: 191.820. 1. As used in this section, "breakfast after the bell" means any food served after the instructional day has officially begun but before any lunch period in the school begins. 2. Except as provided in subsections 5 and 9 of this section, in school year 202627 and each school year thereafter, the following schools shall offer breakfast after the bell to each student in such school, including any student who arrives late or who arrives by a different mode of transportation than most students: (1) Any public school, including any charter school, in which seventy percent or more of students enrolled in the school in the immediately preceding school year were eligible for free or reduced price meals through the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program; and (2) Any public school, including any charter school, that has an individual site percentage for free or reduced price meals of seventy percent or more and that is a Provision 2 school as described in 7 CFR Section 245.9 or that uses the United States Department of Agriculture Community Eligibility …
Sponsors
- Raychel Proudie (D, 073) · primary sponsor