H.R. 10058 — Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2026

This section defines terms for the Act. An eligible local educational agency is one that serves summer lunches at a school under the summer food service program or seamless summer option and where at least 50 percent of prekindergarten through grade 3 students read below grade level or are at risk of doing so. A summer early reading program is a summer program of at least six weeks at such a school that provides participating students with school library access and literacy activities or expanded learning opportunities.

This section authorizes the Secretary to award competitive grants to State library administrative agencies, which then award subgrants to eligible local educational agencies to operate summer early reading programs at summer meal sites. It requires annual progress reports and authorizes $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.