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Statewide, some 400,000 children whose families were not eligible to participate in the free lunch program now can access the meals. Statewide, student participation has increased by 42%.
The new program means no student can be denied from receiving a free breakfast and lunch.
In the US, 15.2% of children are food-insecure, [49] and 22 million out of the 30 million students who eat school lunch every day rely on free or reduced-price school meals. [ 50 ]
Free school meals can be universal school meals for all students or limited by income-based criteria, which can vary by country. [14] A study of a free school meal program in the United States found that providing free meals to elementary and middle school children in areas characterized by high food insecurity led to better school discipline among the students. [15]
In Baltimore, school meals have been free for all public school students since 2015, due to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Eligibility Provision, which allows school districts in ...
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (79 P.L. 396, 60 Stat. 230) is a 1946 United States federal law that created the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to provide low-cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students through subsidies to schools. [1]
Students from families with incomes up to 25 percent above the federal poverty line—about $3,300 for a family of four, or around $24,000 in today’s dollars—were entitled to free meals. Those from families with incomes between 25 and 95 percent above the poverty line paid a reduced price, while everyone else paid the full price.
Students are often forced to choose between expensive textbooks and school materials and food, leaving many students hungry. Hunger can distract students from focusing, leading to decreased academic performance, longer time than usual to graduate, and higher rates of depression. [4] Furthermore, familial financial hardship, ever-rising costs of ...