This month, her advocacy paid off when Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill providing for free school meals for every student in Minnesota's public and charter schools, eliminating lunch debt that occurs ...
Why should Minnesota taxpayers pay for free school meals for students who were not eligible for the federally-funded school lunch program? Because these are the students who may benefit the most.
A federal program will cover a portion of costs and state will pick up the rest, an expense of $388 million in the next ...
School meals will become free for every Minnesota public and charter school student. Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill Friday that makes the change, while surrounded by children who got a firsthand ...
Surrounded by students, teachers, and advocates, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday afternoon signed into law a ...
Sen. Steve Drazkowski made the remarks on the floor of the Minnesota State Capitol on Tuesday before voting on HF 5, which would provide free school lunch and breakfast for students in the state.
The Minnesota House passed the companion bill last month, meaning the legislation will soon head to Governor Tim Walz’s desk ...
The majority of Minnesota schools receive federal funding from the National School Lunch Program ... to implement universal free meals for students. Walz said more funding for education is ...
including a plan to guarantee Minnesota students free meals at school and additional funding for food banks. Free school lunch and breakfast is one component of a budget Democratic-Farmer-Labor ...
Lunches and breakfasts would be free to Minnesota students regardless of income under a bill that won approval in the state Senate on Tuesday. Universal free school meals for all students have been a ...
ST PAUL, Minn. — Lunches and breakfasts would be free to Minnesota students regardless of income under a bill that won approval in the state Senate on Tuesday. Universal free school meals for ...
ST. PAUL, MINN. — ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Lunches and breakfasts would be free to Minnesota students regardless of income under a bill that won approval in the state Senate on Tuesday.
