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Should all school kids get free meals — regardless of income? Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) selection as Vice President Harris’s running mate has brought that once-peripheral policy issue ...
Walz hugged by children after signing universal free school meals to law. After schools closed in 2020 due to COVID-19, Walz was cautious about reopening them, which aligned closely with the concerns of teachers, who were hesitant to return to in-person learning due to fear of contracting COVID-19. [193]
With federal support uncertain and eventually ending, some states began using their own funds for an extension of pandemic-era free universal school lunches. In 2021, California became the first state to have a universal school meal program for the state's public school students, followed shortly by Maine, in time for the 2021-2022 school year ...
The Walz record: Abortion rights, free lunches for schoolkids, and disputes over a riot response By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz and his fellow Democrats have enacted big changes in the two years that they've had full control of the Minnesota Legislature, from expansions of abortion and LGBTQ+ rights to ...
Under Walz's watch, Minnesota became the 23rd state to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. But Minnesota still doesn't have a functioning legal marketplace. But Minnesota still doesn't ...
A federal waiver that made school breakfasts and lunches free to students regardless of their family’s income is set to expire June 30.
Many states in the US have outlawed practices that single out students who have school lunch debt. [5] [4] Webster was part of the Legal Services Advocacy Project team that wrote the legislation, [8] signed by Governor Tim Walz in 2023, that made Minnesota the third state to offer free breakfast and lunch to all public school students. [9]
Another $1.8 million funded a grant program for the victims of crime, and $1.24 million was spent on Minnesota's "Grow Your Own" grant program, a state-run initiative that helps recruit teachers ...