1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Blame, No Shame Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) School nutrition programs help end childhood hunger and provide access to healthy, nutritious meals. (2) Access to school meals has been shown to improve educational outcomes. (3) A Federal, publicly funded universal school meal and nutrition program will eliminate any stigma that accompanies free or reduced meals and students unable to purchase meals due to insufficient account funds. (4) A Federal, publicly funded universal school meal and nutrition program would further allow schools to shift resources from paperwork to providing high quality meals. (5) A Federal, publicly funded universal school meal and nutrition program should be established. 3. Prohibition on stigmatization of children who are unable to pay for meals Section 9(b)(10) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(10) ) is amended— (1) by striking (10) No physical and inserting the following: (10) Discriminatory or stigmatizing treatment of children by schools (A) Discrimination based on eligibility No physical ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (B) Stigmatization based on lack of funds or debt (i) Definition of covered child In this subparagraph, the term covered child means a child who— (I) is a student at a school that participates in— (aa) the school lunch program established under this Act; or (bb) the school breakfast program established by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 ( 42 U.S.C. 1773 ); and (II) (aa) does not have funds to pay for a lunch or breakfast at the school; or (bb) has outstanding credit that was extended by a school food authority for a lunch or breakfast at the school. (ii) Requirements of local educational agencies (I) In general A local educational agency shall not permit— (aa) the public identification of a covered child, such as by requiring the covered child to wear a wristband or display a hand stamp to identify the covered child as a covered child