California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont have approved permanent universal free meals programs, while Nevada launched a two-year effort last year.
, while parents who were struggling but earned too much to qualify had to find a way to pay for their children's breakfast and lunch.
"Research has shown if kids are hungry, they're not going to be ready to learn," said Derico, who is also the child nutrition director at Barbour County Schools in West Virginia. The end of the federal free meals program caused debt levels to soar. The median reported debt was $5,164 per district, as of November, compared with $3,400 at the end of the 2017-18 school year, according to the School Nutrition Association.
However, the universal free meals programs also pose challenges to school districts. They no longer have the ability to increase breakfast and lunch rates when their costs of food, equipment and labor rise. Instead, they must make due with the state reimbursement.
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