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Subcommittee backs bill to eliminate reduced-price category in school lunches, sponsors say it will prevent hunger
Summary
House Bill 1153, which would eliminate the reduced-price category so qualifying students receive free school meals, moved out of the subcommittee after sponsors and school nutrition and public-health witnesses argued the change would reduce food insecurity and support learning.
House Bill 1153, which would remove the reduced-price lunch category and make previously ‘reduced’ students eligible for free meals funded by the state, was approved by the House Education Administration Subcommittee and sent to full Education by a recorded vote.
Representative Lynn, sponsor of HB 1153, said the bill would close a gap that leaves families — sometimes unexpectedly — unable to pay the reduced-price balance and that children’s learning…
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