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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Lifestyle
David Smith in Washington

Ilhan Omar and Bernie Sanders to introduce free school meals legislation

The Universal School Meals Program Act would restore a federal programme that saw about 30 million kids a day getting free meals.
The Universal School Meals Program Act would restore a federal programme that saw about 30 million kids a day getting free meals. Photograph: Ellen O’Nan/AP

Representative Ilhan Omar, Senator Bernie Sanders and colleagues are set to introduce legislation on Thursday to revive one of the coronavirus pandemic era’s most popular social experiments: universal free school meals.

The bill would permanently end child hunger in schools, they argue, by offering free breakfast, lunch and dinner plus a snack to all students from preschool to high school, regardless of income.

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