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Banning is all swell and dandy but a big issue that most schools have is having to make lunch for so many kids with so little money.
And on top of that there's the outrageous charges they place on families and the draconian debt collection measures they sometimes rely on.
Banning is easy, solving is not. Sorry.
Your concerns are not valid for my state of California. School lunches are provided through state and federal funding to all kids.
California might as well be another country at this point. I mean, we do have the fourth largest economy in the world.
Meanwhile: https://newrepublic.com/post/173668/republicans-declare-banning-universal-free-school-meals-2024-priority
More:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-calls-kids-freeloaders-wanting-190918582.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-congressman-suggests-children-receiving-free-school-lunches-rcna189614
https://apnews.com/article/states-rejecting-federal-funds-summer-ebt-8a1e88ad77465652f9de67fda3af8a2d
https://democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/media/press-releases/up-to-183-million-children-could-lose-access-to-free-school-meals-because-of-republican-tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/22/gop-senator-considering-blocking-school-meal-funding-deal-over-transgender-policy-fight-00041366
These people are fucking evil.
Edit: Just keep finding more:
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-plan-cut-free-school-lunches-1807361
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/trump-admin-cuts-program-that-brought-local-food-to-school-cafeterias/2025/03
California schools are mandated to offer breakfast and lunch to every child for free, so not a concern on that front.
I think Connecticut does this too. Maybe it's because my kid goes to a title one school, but I haven't had to pay for lunch/breakfast since the pandemic.