AN ACT relating to school lunches.

Amend KRS 160.345 to require a school council to adopt a policy requiring students to be assigned a lunch period of at least 30 minutes in length; amend KRS 158.153 to conform.

Introduced: January 8, 2026

Last action: January 15, 2026

To Primary And Secondary Education (H)

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This bill would require every Kentucky public school to give students a lunch period of at least 30 minutes. School site councils would be responsible for putting this policy in place. It sets a statewide minimum where no such time requirement currently exists in these statutes. Who it may affect: students and parents at Kentucky public schools, as well as school administrators responsible for setting daily schedules.

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