Colorado School Districts Support Free Meals Programs to Keep Kids Fed

Proposition MM: Increase taxes for free school meals and food assistance, explained

This ballot measure would increase taxes on Coloradans making more than $300,000 a year to fund nutrition programs.

Colorado school districts support free meals programs to keep kids fed

Alexandra Sandoval will never forget the look on a child’s face after he was told he didn’t have enough money to buy a meal at school.  She remembers standing with her two children in a breakfast line at their school in Rifle when a young boy was unable to purchase food. Sandoval said she offered to buy him a meal, but the boy refused.  “That just broke my heart,” Sandoval said. “To this day, I remember, and it makes me want to cry. That could b…

Proposition MM explained: Colorado would increase taxes on high earners to fund school meals, food stamps

A ballot measure passed in 2022 (Proposition FF) to fund the Healthy School Meals for All program isn’t raising enough money to cover the cost of providing every K-12 public school student in Colorado with breakfast and lunch.  Proposition MM, on the November ballot this year, aims to raise tax revenue to fully fund Healthy School Meals for All and bolster the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, …

VOTER GUIDE: Proposition MM Would Raise Taxes on High-Earners to Provide School Lunches – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado

Due to the Healthy School Meals for All program’s popularity, the revenue generated by Proposition FF isn’t enough to feed every student...