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Five Canberra schools to provide free breakfasts and lunches three days per week with Meals in Schools program pilot

The Meals in Schools program was a 2020 ACT Labor election commitment.  (Supplied: ACT government)

A new ACT government-funded pilot program will see thousands of Canberra students fed throughout their school days when the free meals initiative rolls out later this year.

The Meals in Schools pilot – an ACT Labor 2020 election commitment – will provide students at five ACT public schools with free breakfasts and lunches three days per week over a period of 18 months, beginning in term 3.

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