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Tarkington ISD to pay off student meal debt; reduced-price students to receive free breakfast and lunch starting Sept. 1
Summary
The board approved paying outstanding student meal debt and heard that reduced-price eligible students will receive both breakfast and lunch at no cost beginning Sept. 1, 2025, under state funding guidelines.
Child Nutrition Supervisor Kristy Fruia presented the board with year-end options for clearing unpaid student meal debts and reviewed historical trends in debt totals. The board approved a motion to payoff outstanding meal debt; the motion was made by Jackie Flores and seconded by Dwayne Stovall, and it passed 6–0 with one absence.
Fruia also told the board that, beginning Sept. 1, 2025, reduced-price eligible students will receive both breakfast and lunch at no cost under state funding guidelines. The minutes do not list exact debt totals or funding sources for the payoff; board action authorized the payoff as presented.
