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House approves optional tax-return donations to create School Meals Debt Relief Fund
Summary
The House passed HB148 to create a School Meals Debt Relief Fund, letting taxpayers donate on state returns to help erase school meal debts. Lawmakers debated distribution flexibility and oversight but approved the measure 70–1.
Representative McPherson introduced House Bill 148 to establish a School Meals Debt Relief Fund administered by the State Board of Education and funded by optional check-box donations on state tax returns. "What this bill does is it establishes a new section, called the School Meals Debt Relief Fund," he said, adding the board would create and manage the fund so…
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