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Cairycat

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4. Doesn't look like, at this point, that

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 06:47 AM

Oct 29

funding for the school lunch program is being cut. With SNAP benefits cut off, more students may be eating school lunch and breakfast, if already on free/reduced lunch, or have parents willing to fill out the forms to be on free/reduced.

I serve breakfast and lunch in a public elementary school. I'll be watching the numbers (and kids).

https://schoolnutrition.org/sna-news/congress-passes-trumps-mega-bill-that-harms-school-meal-programs/

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What will happen to the children depending on free breakfasts and lunches in [View all] no_hypocrisy Oct 29 OP

I think we still have free lunch in my district dsc Oct 29 #1

I don't know about other states, but in Minnesota, those meals aren't funded by SNAP. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 29 #2

Suffering is what will happen. Groundhawg Oct 29 #3

Doesn't look like, at this point, that Cairycat Oct 29 #4

Different pile of money...lunch money is title money to districts JT45242 Oct 29 #5

The School District in my neighborhood has a "Lunch Heroes" program. HeartsCanHope Oct 29 #6

Thanks no-hypocrisy. Prairie_Seagull Oct 29 #7

Meals at school should be free for all students, faculty, and staff. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 29 #8

They are out of the womb, republicans don't care about them. republianmushroom Oct 29 #9