Millions more school meals served under MN's new program, costs expected to be $80M more than expected in next 2 years

Minnesota’s new universal school meals program has proved more popular than originally expected, with more than 2.2 million additional lunches and breakfasts served in the first month of the school year. Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Education Commissioner Willie Jett served lunch at Edgerton Elementary School in Maplewood Tuesday to promote that fact. Success, however, has come ...

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