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PA lawmakers, advocates push for universal free school lunch

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When Angela Girol’s students started getting free breakfast and lunch in 2020, the fourth grade teacher saw huge improvements in their focus and mood. "[I'll be] standing in the hall, and they'll come up and give you a hug, because they're happy, and their tummies are full, instead of just walking by you and not looking at you, because they're hungry," said Girol, who works in suburban Pittsburgh. The U.S. Department of Agriculture funded these …

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PA lawmakers, advocates push for universal free school lunch

Bipartisan Ohio Senate bill aims to pay for public school breakfast and lunch

(Ohio Capital Journal) — A co-sponsor of a new bipartisan bill to give Ohio public school students free meals is hoping to see it included as a priority in the state’s two-year operating budget due July 1.

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WKYC

Ohio Senate bill aims to provide free meals for all public school students

Ohio lawmakers introduce a bill to provide free meals for all public school students, aiming to secure funding in the upcoming state budget.

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News 5 Cleveland

Ohio lawmakers propose making breakfast, lunch free at schools

A bipartisan bill introduced to the Ohio Senate would make all breakfast and lunch free at public and chartered nonpublic schools.

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Bipartisan Ohio Senate bill aims to pay for public school breakfast and lunch – BG Independent News

BY SUSAN TEBBEN Ohio Capital Journal A co-sponsor of a new bipartisan bill to give Ohio public school students free meals is hoping to see it included as a priority in the state’s two-year operating budget due July 1. State Sen. Bill Blessing, R-Colerain Twp., said the newest move to get the state to pay for all students to have free breakfast and lunch at school is similar to Senate Bill 342, which he and co-sponsor Sen. Kent Smith, D-Euclid, in

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