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School Meals in the News

No child should go hungry. No child should experience shame or stigma due to an inability to pay for school meals. Pennsylvanians want school meals available at no cost to every student, everywhere in Pennsylvania.

Here’s what they’re saying:

Dozens of kids, parents, and anti-hunger and nutrition groups rallied in Harrisburg on May 8, 2024, to urge lawmakers and the administration to expand the state’s existing no-cost school breakfast for all K-12 students to include lunch, too.

Release: Polling Finds 8 in 10 Pennsylvanians Want No-Cost Lunches in Schools

Pittsburgh

Post-Gazette: An easy way to improve education: Make school lunches free

CNN: Children’s healthiest meals of the day come from school cafeterias

Release:

Sen. Williams, Rep. Kinkead announce legislation for free school meals in Pa.

WESB 1490 AM:

Poll: Pennsylvanians Overwhelmingly Support Universal Free School Lunch

BOB 94.5 FM:

Poll Shows Broad Support for State Providing No-Cost School Lunches

WHP-TV 21 (CBS):

Pennsylvania voters show support in bringing free lunch to students across the Commonwealth

The Keystone:  PA voters overwhelmingly support universal free school lunch programs

WHP 580 AM:

Poll Shows Broad Support for State Providing No-Cost School Lunches

PA CAPITAL-STAR: 

Which states will join the new summer meal program for

low-income kids? Here’s the list.

Capitolwire:  

State announces new summer meal program for

low-incomeschool students.

Release:  

Shapiro’s Budget Scores Failing Grade on School Lunches 

The Tribune-Review:  

Pa. should feed all hungry kids

Allentown Morning Call: Provide free lunches for all students

Media Advisory:

Kids, Parents, School Nutritionists Rally for No-Cost School Lunch

Release:

Kids, Parents, School Nutritionists Rally for No-Cost School Lunch

The Sentinel:

Time for Universal School Lunch

FOX 43:

Advocates hope Pa. bites on universal free school lunches

PennWatch:

Kids, Parents, Child Advocates Push for No-Cost School Lunches in PA

WHTM-TV 27:

Push for free lunches in schools

New York Times:

How Free School Meals Went Mainstream

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