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t. e. In the United States, school meals are provided either at no cost or at a government-subsidized price, to students from low-income families. These free or subsidized meals have the potential to increase household food security, which can improve children's health and expand their educational opportunities. [1]
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (79 P.L. 396, 60 Stat. 230) is a 1946 United States federal law that created the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to provide low-cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students through subsidies to schools. [1]
Improved performance at school: A 2021 report from the Brookings Institution analyzed the impact of a program that offered schoolwide free meals and found an improvement in math performance ...
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–296 (text) (PDF)) is a federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 13, 2010. The law is part of the reauthorization of funding for child nutrition (see the original Child Nutrition Act). It funded child nutrition programs and free lunch programs in schools for 5 ...
At schools where 25% of families participate in income-based public benefits, such as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, the federal government now will cover the cost of free meals ...
“There is no path to ending hunger without free school meals.” ... After the federal government halted the free lunch program, established as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Massachusetts ...
Illinois passed a free school meals for all policy this year, but didn't include funding to implement it. New York City and some other local communities offer universal free meals on their own.
A new New Jersey law increases income eligibility for free school lunches and breakfasts to $67,200 a year and will serve 50,000 additional students. ... extends eligibility for government-funded ...