Page 5 - Project Bread News Today

Our failure to feed our future and provide school meals to all children is a choice that’s being made. That’s unconscionable.

Peabody Institute Library Danvers programs

(Image: Woodleywonderworks) Public school students in Massachusetts are set to get a free breakfast and lunch after the state implemented a new 4 percent

Last week, Massachusetts became the eighth state in the country to fund free school meals for all public school children, regardless of household income. Advocates hope it will reduce the stigma around free meals and remove the barrier to nourishment at school.

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local senators’ roll call attendance records so far for the 2023 session. The Senate has held 61 roll calls so far in the 2023 session. Beacon Hill Roll Call tabulates the […]

On July 31, the Massa­chusetts state legislature passed the FY24 budget which contains a permanent provision for universal school meals for all students starting im­mediately in the 2023-2024 school year

The meals programs will save families about $1,200 per student, per year.

Massachusetts has become the eighth state in the US to offer free school meals to all public school students, regardless of their household income. The program is funded by $172 million in the state budget for the 2024 fiscal year, which was signed by Governor Maura Healey on Wednesday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t-EasdFU7s Massachusetts becomes eighth state to…

Massachusetts has joined a small but growing number of states adopting a universal free school meals program. Spending for the program was included in a $55.98 billion state budget signed

Massachusetts has joined a small but growing number of states adopting universal free school meals programs.