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Board warned of $1.9 million compensatory funding loss tied to free lunch-for-all debate
Summary
District leaders told the board that statewide changes to free lunch eligibility have the side effect of shifting roughly $1.9 million in compensatory education funding away from students in poverty, while also creating about $400,000 in food dollars that go to families not previously qualifying for free meals.
District leaders briefed the Richfield School Board on May 19 about pending state budget decisions they said could materially affect district funding.
The legislature had not concluded business by the constitutional adjournment date, and staff warned a special session was likely. The administration highlighted two interrelated issues: (1) a recent policy change that implemented free lunch for all students in Minnesota schools and (2) whether the legislature will…
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