Bill > SF123

This bill aims to provide free school lunch and breakfast for all students in Minnesota. It amends existing laws to: 1) Establish a free school meals program within the Department of Education, where schools with low-income student populations must participate and provide free meals to all students. 2) Increase the state funding for school lunch and breakfast aid, covering the difference between the federal reimbursement rate and the actual cost of providing free meals to students. 3) Require schools to serve meals to students in a respectful manner and prohibit them from denying or limiting a student's access to school activities or resources due to unpaid meal balances. The bill also appropriates funds from the general fund to the Department of Education to cover the increased costs of the free school meals program.

Budget and Finance, Education

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0123&ssn=0&y=2023