Governor Walz signs free school meals bill for Minnesota students

Gov. Walz signs bill making school meals free next year

The law will cost the state around $200 million a year.

Walz signs school meals bill into law - Albert Lea Tribune

Surrounded by school children, teachers, advocates and public officials, Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill into law Friday to provide breakfasts and lunches at no charge to students at participating schools. It makes Minnesota the fourth state in the country to do so. The post Walz signs school meals bill into law appeared first on Albert Lea Tribune.

Walz signs universal school meals bill into Minnesota law - Austin Daily Herald

By Elizabeth Shockman Republicans in the Minnesota Senate Thursday voted down a $1.5 billion capital investment bill, arguing that it should be tied to tax cuts. The move sent Democrats, who hold a narrow majority in the chamber, back to the drawing board, and it irked local leaders and labor groups who’ve waited three years […] The post Walz signs universal school meals bill into Minnesota law appeared first on Austin Daily Herald.

Minnesota becomes fourth state to offer universal free school meals

"For far too many of our young people the school cafeteria has been a place of shame and stigma," said Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.

Walz signs universal school meals bill into law

Surrounded by school children, teachers, advocates and public officials, Governor Tim Walz signed a bill into law Friday to provide breakfasts and lunches at no charge to students at participating schools. It makes Minnesota the fourth state in the country…

Minnesota children to receive free school meals

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- One month after the South Dakota Legislature killed a bill to provide free school meals to K-12 students, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a bill into law to do just that. "This is a politics of hope and joy," Walz said Friday as he signed the bill at Webster Elementary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Once the law goes into effect, all Minnesota students regardless of their parents income will have access to a free break…