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U.S. Senate Dems Want to Cancel All Student Lunch Debt: A "Term So Absurd That It Shouldn't Even Exist" (www.commondreams.org)

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The families of almost half a million food insecure children in Pennsylvania collectively owe nearly $80 million in public school lunch debt, according to Sen. John Fetterman's office. Across the US, more than 30 million kids can't afford their school meals and the total debt is $262 million annually.

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[–] skellener@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

Cancel the debt, and institute free student lunch for all students in this country ! No child should be hungry while at school in the US! ✊

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Kids in South Korea get free lunch at school. Likewise in China. US kids? They get debt