Free School Meals Not a Priority, Lawmakers Say

Oklahoma Voice: Walters’ free school meals policy not a GOP priority, lawmakers say

Walters' free school meals policy not a GOP priority, lawmakers say • Oklahoma Voice

A student picks out an apple in the school cafeteria at Thelma R. Parks Elementary in Oklahoma City on Aug. 13. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY — A mandate that public schools offer free meals to all students appears to have failed to capture widespread support in the GOP-controlled Oklahoma Legislature after being ignored by school districts. Former state Superintendent Ryan Walters in July ordered all districts in th…