Congress expands food aid for working students in apprenticeships
S. 2707 — FEED Act of 2025 · Filed by Jon Husted (R-OH) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Sep 4, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to exclude income earned by students under 21 from SNAP (food stamp) eligibility calculations, but only if that income comes from apprenticeships, internships, or work-based learning programs tied to their career and technical education, and only if they live with a parent or parental guardian. The effect is to make it easier for these working students to qualify for food assistance by not counting their work-study earnings against their household's income threshold.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is a targeted income exclusion designed to expand SNAP eligibility for a specific population (working students in career and technical education). It is a straightforward eligibility-broadening measure with no hidden riders or deregulatory intent.
What the text implies
- The exclusion applies only to income from CTE-linked work-based learning, not all student employment — students working retail or service jobs will still have that income counted, creating a two-tier system within the student population.
- Verification burden falls on the Secretary to confirm enrollment in CTE, age, and household relationship — implementation complexity and potential delays in benefit processing depend on how the Secretary designs verification procedures.
- The bill does not specify whether the exclusion applies to all CTE programs or only those meeting certain quality/accreditation standards, leaving definitional scope to agency rulemaking.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Working students in career and technical education programs and their households gain access to food assistance by having their apprenticeship/internship earnings excluded from income calculations. This reduces food insecurity for a vulnerable population (low-income working youth) without imposing costs on other citizens.
Who stands to gain
- households with students under 21 participating in career and technical education programs
Named in the bill
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Secretary of Agriculture
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Sep 4, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 4, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,339 characters) on Sep 23, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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