Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed a law that guarantees free breakfast and lunch for EVERY student in the state

[CaughtInThe]

Same as California...

 

[madman]

"but who's going to pay for this????"

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Same as California...

Normally my conservative side would ask for means testing however my pragmatic side says that in some areas that might be used to shame the applicants and it's not worth fighting over if it's going to stall the passage of the measure.
That having been said, means testing would end up with a positive side effect, less wasted money feeding kids whose parents can afford to give them lunch money means the funding could go toward more higher quality & nutritious food being made available.

 

[CaughtInThe]

Normally my conservative side would ask for means testing however my pragmatic side says that in some areas that might be used to shame the applicants and it's not worth fighting over if it's going to stall the passage of the measure.
That having been said, means testing would end up with a positive side effect, less wasted money feeding kids whose parents can afford to give them lunch money means the funding could go toward more higher quality & nutritious food being made available.

i just read a teacher post that a bunch of kids who eat at home just skip the school breakfasts.

 

[Luce]

This is admirable.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

i just read a teacher post that a bunch of kids who eat at home just skip the school breakfasts.

I read about that sort of thing all the time too and that's why I am not going to stand on ceremony about whether some kids can afford it, or can't afford it.
If it only makes five percent difference in funds, I'm not going to worry about it.
Sign the bill, feed the rugrats, teach em and send them home safely.

 

[Ginger Ale]

There's several things that are great about this. Guaranteeing children are well feed and the other is that this human trusts people to forgo it if they don't need it, instead of treating them like lying scum who'll take advantage of a program they don't need. Bravo!

What a refreshing change.

 

[Patriotic Voter]

"but who's going to pay for this????"

"It takes a village to raise a child."

Whoever said that was telling the truth. We all must do our part to take care of children, not force parents below the poverty line to give their kids all the money they have left.

 

[Ginger Ale]

Same as California...

I love the kid who says, "Ow, my eye, and my legs hurt too" OMG, LMAO!!

 

[beefheart]

"but who's going to pay for this????"

Better to pay early than to pay much later.

 

[Craig234]

It was crazy for this to be an issue a century ago when the country was a lot poorer. It's crazier today.

 

[anatta]

brown bag it.. but with inflation parents needing all the help they can get - feed the kids at school

 

[Showtime586]

"but who's going to pay for this????"

Trump's unpaid taxes should cover it.

 

[Patriotic Voter]

Better to pay early than to pay much later.

If you have the money early, yes.

 

[beefheart]

If you have the money early, yes.

You have the money early, if you spend it early, before it gets too late and you have to spend more..

 

[Nomad4Ever]

Based. Now expand it to everyone in the state.

 

[Glitch]

You have this leftist Governor wanting to feed children, while leftist Michelle Obama was starving children. The only thing the two leftists have in common is that they both want uneducated children. Uneducated children make for uneducated voters, which is the only way leftists are able to stay in power.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Feeding children is one of the best uses of public money.

 

[Loulit01]

This should be a national initiative.

A State-by-State Guide to Free and Reduced School Meal Programs

Federal programs provide free and reduced-price lunches for millions of students, and many states offer additional support to serve even more kids.

www.thedailymeal.com

Some of the states with the highest poverty rates do not require schools participate in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).

Feed the children, for God's sake. Pay for it by repealing Trump's tax cuts for the rich.

 

[Gateman_Wen]

Normally my conservative side would ask for means testing however my pragmatic side says that in some areas that might be used to shame the applicants and it's not worth fighting over if it's going to stall the passage of the measure.
That having been said, means testing would end up with a positive side effect, less wasted money feeding kids whose parents can afford to give them lunch money means the funding could go toward more higher quality & nutritious food being made available.

With no means testing the rich people can't complain they're being discriminated against like they're doing with the student loan suff.

 

[Helix]

Get rid of right to work for less nationwide, and then maybe measures like this won't be as necessary.

 

[Excast]

It's kind of strange how the only people who will have any problems with this are the same folks who believe we should strip away rights and rewrite history itself in order to "protect the children".

 

[Roadvirus]

brown bag it.. but with inflation parents needing all the help they can get - feed the kids at school

Depends on what the school is feeding them. Remember the disaster of Michelle Obama's school lunch thing?

 

[CaughtInThe]

 

[Greenbeard]

Depends on what the school is feeding them. Remember the disaster of Michelle Obama's school lunch thing?

Yeah, what a disaster that was.

"The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 was associated with better dietary quality for lunch among low-income, low-middle–income, and middle-high–income students estimated to be participants in the NSLP."

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act and Dietary Quality Among Children in the US School Lunch Program

This national survey study assesses the dietary quality of lunch for students participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) before and after implementation of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which, in 2012, aligned school lunch nutrition standards with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines...

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