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Senate Should Reconsider School Lunch Vote

Senate Should Reconsider School Lunch Vote

Scaled down $6 million lunch-debt anti-shaming bill should be a no-brainer.

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Mar 28, 2023
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Universal school meals, enacted at the beginning of the pandemic, should be  made permanent | MinnPost

Back in January, I wrote about how school is mandatory and so school lunches should be too.

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School Is Mandatory, School Lunches Should Be Too
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…
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2 years ago · 4 likes · 2 comments · Dustin Gawrylow

The original bill to provide free lunches for all students had a price tag of $90 million.

Yesterday, the Senate voted down a watered-down version that simply prevents students from being shamed for lunch debt their parents can’t pay while covering those bills for …

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