'No child in Massachusetts will ever have to wonder how to get through the school day on an empty stomach.'
Maura Healey, the state's Democratic governor, is expected to sign the budget into law, which would make Massachusetts theto make universal free school meals permanent—joining California, Colorado, Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico, Vermont, and Michigan.
"We would not be where we are today without the voices and activism of thousands of advocates and organizations, who made it clear that feeding our kids must be a statewide priority," Erin McAleer, president and CEO of the Massachusetts anti-hunger group Project Bread, said in aMonday."We are grateful to all of our partners across the state and in the Legislature who enabled this victory.
Early in the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government approved waivers that allowed public schools across the U.S. to provide free school meals to all students. After congressional Republicansan extension of the waivers last year, several states moved to create free school meal programs funded by state dollars.
The proposed Massachusetts budget includes $171.5 million for the state's universal free school meal initiative, which provided lunch to an
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