Funding Found for Free Meals in Seattle Schools

Funding found for free meals in Seattle schools

The Seattle City Council aims to reallocate $3.6 million in funds from an affordable housing project to pay for free meals at all Seattle Public Schools.

Seattle Council eyes mid-year budget adjustments including universal school meals, higher cop wages, and repurposing unused crime camera money for ‘Community Violence Interruption Ambassadors’

The Seattle City Council’s finance committee is spending part of its Tuesday morning session pounding out details of the 2026 Mid-Year Supplemental Budget. The annual effort adjusts existing city budget allocations across multiple operating and capital areas. Proposed changes and adjustments are also on the table including an amendment that would repurpose unused funding from the planned expansion of Real Time Crime Center cameras to the Central…