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JT45242

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5. Different pile of money...lunch money is title money to districts

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 06:50 AM

Oct 29

The FRL money is not tied to SNAP, and may have been dispersed in different ways.

The real issue is that many kids will not get anything outside of school hours.

This is the reverse summer situation.

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What will happen to the children depending on free breakfasts and lunches in [View all] no_hypocrisy Oct 29 OP

I think we still have free lunch in my district dsc Oct 29 #1

I don't know about other states, but in Minnesota, those meals aren't funded by SNAP. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 29 #2

Suffering is what will happen. Groundhawg Oct 29 #3

Doesn't look like, at this point, that Cairycat Oct 29 #4

Different pile of money...lunch money is title money to districts JT45242 Oct 29 #5

The School District in my neighborhood has a "Lunch Heroes" program. HeartsCanHope Oct 29 #6

Thanks no-hypocrisy. Prairie_Seagull Oct 29 #7

Meals at school should be free for all students, faculty, and staff. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 29 #8

They are out of the womb, republicans don't care about them. republianmushroom Oct 29 #9