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New York
WXXI News
NY state budget funds free school breakfast and lunch
New York Daily News
Well-fed kids are better learners: Hochul should back Healthy School Meals for All
The Daily Gazette
EDITORIAL: Find the money for free school meals
Spectrum News
Proposal for universal school meals gains Republican support in New York
The Times Union
North Carolina
WRAL News
New state budget takes aim at hunger in schools
CBS2 Greensboro
Guilford County Schools to serve 'alternative meals' to slow school lunch debt
CBS17 Raleigh
Thousands of NC students can’t pay for school lunch
WCNC Charlotte
NC school lunch debt has topped more than $1M in just the first few months of school
Education NC
ABC13 Asheville
Unpaid lunches dig deep financial hole for Buncombe County Schools, leaders say
Vermont
NBC 5
Universal School Meals bill allowed to become law in Vermont
VB Vermont Biz
Legislature Passes Universal School Meals Bill
Bennington Banner
Governor Signs Universal School Meals Funding
NBC5 Vermont
CALIFORNIA
NBC Los Angeles
All CA Public School Students Now Have Access to Free Breakfast & Lunch
New York Times
MARYLAND
Stories Beneath the Shell
Assembly on Track to Pass Hunger-Free Campus Legislation
Maryland Matters
MASSACHUSETTS
GBH News
New Bill Requires Breakfast to be Served During School Hours
Commonwealth Magazine
“Breakfast After the Bell” Signed into Law
Framingham Source
Massachusetts Legislature Passes Breakfast After the Bell Legislation
WWLP 22
UTAH
Utah Public Radio
School Breakfast Bill Signed by Governor
KSL News Radio 102.7
Students Could Eat Breakfast in Class Under New Bill
ETV News
New Report Underscores Importance of School Breakfast Participation
OREGON
Education Week
What Policymakers Got Right with Student Success Act
KATU2
How Student Success Act Money Will Be Spent
Zero to Three
NEW YORK
NY Daily News
Feed Breakfast to All – After the Bell
American Association of School Administrators
Feed Breakfast to All – After the Bell
YouTube
ILLINOIS
Rise & Shine Illinois
IL Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Expand School Breakfast
Greater Chicago Food Depository
WASHINGTON
WA State Governor’s Office
New Law Offers Breakfast After the Bell Program
K5
Hundreds of Schools to Offer Breakfast in Class Next Year
Seattle Times
Lawmakers Back ‘Breakfast After the Bell’ to Feed Hungery Students
Connecticut
CT Insider
Lamont, lawmakers announce extra $16 million for free school meals
NBC Connecticut
Lawmakers Approve Free School Meals for All Students Through Academic Year
CT Insider
CT students set to receive free school lunches after legislative approval
Hartford Courant
FOX61 Connecticut
Push underway to bring free school lunches back for Connecticut students
CT News
End Hunger Advocates Push for Free School Meals
CT News
I just signed a bill into law that does two big things:
— Governor Ned Lamont (@GovNedLamont) February 14, 2023
➡️Extends the free school meals program for the remainder of this school year
➡️Continues protecting for several more years the fiscal guardrails that have provided predictability and stability to the state budget process pic.twitter.com/toU9ng5VRx
Nevada
Nevada Independent
Legislators green-light millions in federal funding for free school lunches, mental health services
FoodService Director
Kentucky
WLKY News
Kentucky Students Get Breakfast
Murray Ledger & Times
Passage of “Barrier to Breakfast” Bill
Kentucky Today