S 2070
Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2019
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The Summer Meals and Learning Act of 2019 aims to support summer literacy programs for children participating in summer lunch programs. It creates a federal grant program that provides funds to state libraries, who then distribute subgrants to local schools. These subgrants will be used to establish or expand summer early reading programs at schools with summer lunch sites, ensuring students have access to library resources and literacy activities during the summer months.
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