Who is affected and how:

• Children and families: Children (particularly those who rely on SFSP for meals during out-of-school months) benefit from clearer, explicit eligibility language that affirms access for all children. This may reduce confusion about who may receive meals.

• Sponsors and site operators (schools, local governments, nonprofits): Must implement or strengthen food service monitoring practices (onsite or offsite), update recordkeeping and meal-counting processes to support reimbursements tied to meals served to all children, and comply with forthcoming USDA regulations. Monitoring requirements could increase administrative workload and potentially require policy or staffing changes.

• USDA / Food and Nutrition Service (FNS): Required to draft, publish, and enforce revised regulations and guidance, including definitions and standards for monitoring and how payments are calculated and documented.

• State agencies (administrators of child nutrition programs): Will need to update their oversight practices and guidance for sponsors, and provide technical assistance and training on monitoring and any new meal-counting/reimbursement rules.

• Fiscal impact and funding: The statutory text does not appropriate additional funds or specify support for monitoring costs. If monitoring imposes additional administrative burden, sponsors and state agencies may need to absorb costs unless USDA provides guidance or funding to offset them. Because the bill directs regulatory changes rather than specifying funding, implementation details (including any support) will be determined through the regulatory process.

Overall effect: The change clarifies eligibility and strengthens oversight expectations, which should improve program clarity and accountability but may increase administrative tasks for sponsors and agencies until detailed regulatory guidance is issued.