New Mexico Introduces Legislation to Prohibit School ‘Lunch Shaming’: A recent Anti-Lunch Shaming Act would ban schools from singling out children – such as by requiring them to wear hand stamps or do extra chores – because their parents or guardians have not paid their school meal bills. In March of 2017, New Mexico passed …
Weekly 5 #73 – Lunch Shaming Washington State puts an end to lunch shaming in schools It’s bad enough when students can’t afford school lunch, forced by their circumstances to go hungry during class. Now, students in the Evergreen State can no longer be stigmatized when their lunch money runs out-served a cold sandwich when everyone …
Controversy around Edmonds school lunch debt Iowa wants to end school ‘lunch shaming,’ and use parents ‘ tax refunds to pay off debt When Cassandra Erwin’s son was $10 behind in his account, the school lunch lady gave him a warning. The legislation does not provide any additional funding, but it gives districts a new way …
Federal CEP program means no lunch shaming at IPS When school lunch goes unpaid New Mexico is first state to ban lunch shaming policies, similar bills pending in California and Texas. It refers to cafeteria policies advocates say punish students who are unable to pay for their meal, such as by taking the lunch away, or …
Monroe Co parents voice concerns over lunch shaming Children shamed so parents will pay the school-lunch bill In the first day of seventh grade last fall, Caitlin Dolan lined up for lunch at her school in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Hazel Compton, 12, remembers being given a sandwich of white bread with a slice of cheese instead of …
News School Lunch Debt School lunch shaming: Inside America’s hidden debt crisis He’s learned two key truths: Just about every kid loves pizza, and an alarming number of American youngsters still can’t afford a $2.35 lunch, despite the dramatic expansion of free and reduced lunch programs. It happens across the country: 76% of America’s school districts …
Does 'lunch shaming' happen in Spokane? ‘Anti-lunch shaming’ law comes with large price A bill passed unanimously last summer with great intentions but tough consequences has hit the Hillsboro and Forest Grove school districts hard – so hard that local districts have found themselves dealing with an upwards of $22,000 in debt so far this …
Warwick not alone in tackling student lunch debt Church pays off lunch debt for entire school district, more than 200 students get better meals More than 200 students will now have access to more substantial lunches in the Royse City Independent School District in Texas, after the congregation of the Royse City First United Methodist …
KISD's response to 'Lunch Shaming' School Lunch Shaming on Congress Plate for Child Nutrition Bill ‘Shouldn’t Be Happening’ The issue has taken on a higher profile in recent years as school districts, already strapped for cash, have seen unpaid balances rise, leaving them with a choice between pushing harder to get paid or cut spending …
Online fundraiser helps pay off school lunch debt in Norfolk Blue Cross NC to Help Eliminate School Lunch Debt in Piedmont Blue Cross NC will give $159,000 toward school lunch debts in five Piedmont counties. DURHAM, N.C. – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is helping eliminate school lunch debt in the Piedmont. The investment …