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Colorado

May 23, 2019

Garage sales and GoFundMe campaigns are nice, but districts want better fix for school lunch debt

In Colorado and the rest of the country, fundraisers to pay off school meal debt are common, but some district leaders say they're not a viable long-term solution.

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National

April 25, 2019

Lots of American families are struggling with student lunch debt. What’s the solution?

To parents whose students lose out because of lunch debt, the system is a broken one that uses students’ needs as collateral.

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New York

September 6, 2017

New York City unveils universal free lunch in time for the first day of school

The announcement fulfills a campaign promise from Mayor de Blasio.

New York

August 20, 2014

Free lunches for middle schoolers could mean new pressure for principals

Because the city will for the first time offer free lunch to all middle-school students, the children will receive meals regardless of whether they turn in the forms—but schools could lose out on tens of thousands of dollars if they don’t.

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