Featured Info & Statistics More Than Just Lunch Economic and Procurement Challenges Benefits of School Meals Participation, Meals Served and Program Cost Reimbursement Rates Eligibility for Free an...
David Seymour’s new school lunches programme will include chicken katsu, butter chicken, lasagne, chicken pasta salad and wraps. The details of the...
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides nutritional lunches to children in participating schools. Any student in a participating school can get an NSLP lunch regardless of the student’s h...
If the federal government gets its way, critics are warning, school lunches will be more expensive and less appetizing and ultimately will leave school districts footing the bill for costly food go...
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low-cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students through subsidies to schools. The... The majority of the support provided to schools participating in the program comes in the form...
Supply chain issues and the spiraling cost of key ingredients has forced school districts to pull back or make substitutions.
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The end of universal school meals has left a growing number unable to keep up with school lunch payments, yet unable to qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
The average meal debt per child is $180.6, yearly. ; 68.8% of surveyed schools had unpaid student meal debt. ; 96% of surveyed school districts reported an annual increase in the number of students who couldn’t afford meals.