Lawmakers approved the nearly $3 billion bill, titled the"Keep Kids Fed Act," just a week before the waivers were set to expire on June 30. The legislation was crafted as a bipartisan compromise after Republican senators refused to support an extension of the waivers as part of the federal government spending bill in March.
It would also lower the federal reimbursement rates from the heightened level that districts were receiving. However, the extension would require most low-income families to once again apply for the program and for kids who qualify for reduced-price meals to resume paying for breakfast and lunch. Also, the legislation would continue to give districts extra funds to compensate for higher food and labor costs, but not as much as they had been receiving. It gives schools an extra 15 cents for breakfast and 40 cents for lunch, on top of the annual adjustment for inflation that happens in July.
Schools and non-profits could operate more distribution locations, not just in areas with high poverty rates, and deliver meals to children in rural areas. And they could provide children and parents with grab-and-go meals, instead of requiring that the kids eat on site, which was a major inconvenience and deterrent for many. Plus, families would be able to pick up multiple meals at once.
Could you imagine what they are serving kids these days.
Schools should budget for meals with the $120 billion they git from Covid funding instead of critical race theory training. Depends on where thier priorities lie!
Parents should be able to feed their own children. We are becoming a welfare nation, dependent on handouts and freebies.
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