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Committee backs narrow school meals changes and summer EBT pilot after emotional testimony
Summary
House Bill 100 would eliminate the reduced-price meal category for many students, create a summer EBT program pilot and codify best practices to reduce food waste and stigma. The committee adopted a substitute and an amendment to narrow the fiscal exposure and recommended the bill 8–3.
Representative DeFe and supporters said House Bill 100 aims to reduce food insecurity for schoolchildren by eliminating the reduced-price lunch threshold for households in a narrow eligibility range, establishing a summer EBT pilot, codifying practices to reduce school food waste, and addressing stigma in meal service.
The sponsor and witnesses described how small unpaid meal balances accumulate into roughly $2.8 million of school-meal debt annually and stressed that even…
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