Halal, kosher options limited in California school lunches
The Pew Research Center estimated that 1% of adults in California — about 386,000 people at the time — identified as Muslim.
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The Pew Research Center estimated that 1% of adults in California — about 386,000 people at the time — identified as Muslim.
California schools aren’t required to provide lunches adhering to religious or cultural beliefs, which has a big impact on Muslim students.
While the state is the first to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students, California schools aren’t required to provide meals that adhere to students’ religious or cultural beliefs. This has an especially big impact on Muslim students.
An independent probe by a Los Angeles lawyer showed more than a dozen racially charged incidents had been reported at the school in recent years
Report lists about a dozen other racially charged instances at school over three years