Could free school lunches come to Pennsylvania?

Free school lunch proposal gains support in Pennsylvania

Free school lunch in Pennsylvania? Lawmakers want it to be part of the budget

Advocates say free school lunch would produce healthier, more engaged students — plus would save kids from stigma, and parents from debt.

Could free school lunches come to Pennsylvania?

HARRISBURG — Almost all Pennsylvania students would be eligible for a no-cost lunch at school, and schools would no longer be able to discipline students for having meal debt under bills currently circulating in Harrisburg. The measures aim to bring back a short-lived, pandemic-era policy in which the federal government funded free school breakfasts and lunches. After that funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture stopped in 2022, Pennsylv…

Lawmakers want free school lunches as part of budget

HARRISBURG — Almost all Pennsylvania students would be eligible for a no-cost lunch at school, and schools would no longer be able to discipline students for having meal debt under bills currently circulating in Harrisburg.

Free School Lunch in Pennsylvania? Lawmakers Want It to Be Part of the Budget

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Almost all Pennsylvania students would be eligible for a no-cost lunch at school, and schools would no longer be able to discipline students for having meal debt under bills currently circulating in Harrisburg…

Free school lunch in Pennsylvania? Lawmakers want it to be part of the budget - The Shenandoah Sentinel

Advocates say free school lunch would produce healthier, more engaged students — plus would save kids from stigma, and parents from debt.