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Owasso estimates $5.5 million cost to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students after state guidance
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Margaret Coates told the board that providing breakfast and lunch at no charge to every student next year would cost an estimated $5,500,000 and that the district's administrative costs are 3.78% of its budget, below the 5% statutory limit cited by the State Department of Education.
The Owasso superintendent told the board the district has not received formal notification from the Oklahoma State Department of Education but will respond to guidance about providing free school meals next year. Dr. Margaret Coates said district staff estimate that offering breakfast and lunch to every student at no charge would add about $5,500,000 to the district's costs for the coming year.
Coates said the district submitted its budget to the…
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