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Committee backs narrower school meal expansion for K–6 students in low-income families
Summary
Senate Bill 180 (first substitute) narrows expanded school-meal eligibility to K–6 students in families between 185%–200% of the federal poverty level and proposes funding from up to 5% of local liquor-markup distributions plus up to $5 million from the Public Education Stabilization Restricted Account; the committee approved the substitute unanimously.
Senator Escamilla presented the first substitute for SB 180, describing an incremental approach to expanding school-meal access. The substitute targets kindergarten through sixth-grade students from families with income between 185% and 200% of the…
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