School Is Mandatory, School Lunches Should Be Too

HB 1491 appropriated just under $90 million to make school lunches a covered part of school for all students.

Jan 29, 2023

∙ Paid

Universal school meals, enacted at the beginning of the pandemic, should be made permanent | MinnPost

Have you ever wondered why we have had laws for over a century mandating school for children, and we have truancy laws if they don’t show up for school, but yet don’t provide free lunch so that they can be ready to learn?

I’ve wondered this since I was in school.

The stigma of not being able to afford lunch, or having school lunch debt should be conside…

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