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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has approved $585 million from funds in the state budget to provide much-needed upgrades to school kitchens in California in order to provide freshly prepared, healthy meals to all students and support student health and well-being.
Year-end legislation could give families an extra monthly food benefit of $40 over the summer, when school meals may not be available.
With the completion of the new central kitchen at Pacific Sky School this month, the Del Mar Union School District is aiming to have its own district-run child nutrition services program by the beginning of the 2023-24 school year.
The ranking member of Washington's public education system suggested that the state will soon offer a version of a free universal school lunch program.
This will be the first year that the State of Maine will provide funding for meals for all Maine students.