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8/22/22 School lunch programs face series of challenges heading into school year KARE-11
10/18/21 Labor shortage hits school cafeteria, makes serving lunch a struggle KARE-11
7/16/20 Mpls Public Schools extends free meals program; St. Paul Public Schools hits milestone with 5 million meals served KARE 11
2/14/24 New Minnesota legislation would require 15 minutes minimum for students to eat lunch KARE 11
1/30/23 'Try it Tuesday' brings healthy food to Minnesota school KARE 11
3/17/23 Governor Walz signs free school meals bill for Minnesota students KARE 11
5/17/22 Equity in the lunchroom: Minnesota coalition pushes to keep school meals free for all students once federal aid expires KARE 11
7/17/18 Summer feeding programs can help prime kids for a successful school year — and life Kansas City Star
1/22/20 Advocates Blast Trump Administration’s Proposal To Loosen Obama-Era School Lunch Nutrition Rules Kaiser Health News
11/21/22 School district, families navigate school lunch debt KAAL-TV
7/21/22 Child nutrition reauthorization plan calls for expanding free meal access K-12 Dive
7/26/23 Summer meals program participation plummeted in 2022 K-12 Dive
7/27/22 As supply chain woes persist for school meals, districts get creative K-12 Dive
7/23/21 School nutrition professionals promote universal meals K-12 Dive
8/9/22 Efforts growing to help schools serve plant-based meals K-12 Dive
8/15/23 Updating school nutrition standards could save 10,600 lives per year K-12 Dive
8/15/22 School nutrition pros offer ways to increase meal access K-12 Dive
9/2/22 Task force recommends universal school meal program ahead of White House conference K-12 Dive
9/27/22 White House plan seeks free school meals for 9M more students by 2031 K-12 Dive
10/11/22 How can schools measure student poverty beyond free and reduced-price meal data? K-12 Dive
11/15/21 Report: Limit added sugars in school meals K-12 Dive
11/21/22 Something fishy — or not fishy enough? — in school lunches K-12 Dive
11/23/22 Survey: Secondary students warming up to school meals K-12 Dive
12/13/21 SNA survey: School food programs face financial worries K-12 Dive
12/6/22 Participation in USDA school meal programs drops, federal survey shows K-12 Dive
12/16/22 With universal school meals gone, districts and families take on more debt K-12 Dive
1/4/23 K-12 federal funding sees 5.6% increase for FY 2023 K-12 Dive
1/9/23 States eye universal school meals ahead of legislative sessions K-12 Dive
1/12/22 Is a temporary federal infusion for school meal programs sustainable? K-12 Dive
3/22/24 The end of universal school meals hurt student meal participation K-12 Dive
12/1/20 How schools are navigating meal logistics during pandemic K-12 Dive
2/17/23 Universal school meals improve attendance for youngest students K-12 Dive
2/4/22 Advocates seek extension of school meal waivers K-12 Dive
12/14/20 How schools plan to keep meals cooking amid colder weather, strained budgets K-12 Dive
3/10/23 School lunch participation leapt 51% during 2021-22 K-12 Dive
3/12/22 Universal school meals urged at SXSW EDU, but Congress shutters the idea K-12 Dive
4/4/23 USDA extends comment period for proposed changes to school nutrition standards K-12 Dive
4/4/22 District brings peanut butter back to menus after 18 year absence K-12 Dive
4/13/23 Universal school meal legislation stalls in some states K-12 Dive
4/5/22 Universal school meals back on table in bipartisan Senate proposal K-12 Dive
4/20/22 State legislatures propose universal school meals K-12 Dive
5/2/22 USDA: States can still apply for limited school nutrition waivers K-12 Dive
5/2/23 New York set to spend $134M to expand access to free school meals K-12 Dive
5/13/22 Ed Dept offers 18-month extension requests for ARP spending K-12 Dive
5/18/23 Public feedback split on USDA’s stricter school nutrition proposal K-12 Dive
5/17/23 School food prices soar by nearly 300%, consumer price index shows K-12 Dive
5/20/22 School nutrition directors prepare for next academic year with and without universal meals K-12 Dive
6/1/23 More high-poverty schools tap into federal policies to serve free meals K-12 Dive
10/11/23 California codifies USDA proposal to adjust school meal nutrition standards K-12 Dive
6/20/23 USDA looks to make final call on free meal expansion, school nutrition in April 2024 K-12 Dive

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