Summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that starting in 2027, students eligible for free or reduced-price school meals will no longer face “processing fees” when paying for school lunches.

Currently, cashless payment systems allow processing companies to charge families fees as high as $3.25 per transaction, disproportionately affecting low-income families.

This policy change aims to reduce costs for families under 185% of the federal poverty line.

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack emphasized the need for universal free school meals to ensure equitable access to nutrition for all students.

    • @[email protected]
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      5815 days ago

      new federal ban incoming on providing free meals to public school students.

      they’d do that just to spit on that viral walz photo with the kids when he signed the state law that feeds minnesota’s kids.

  • Flying Squid
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    5515 days ago

    Sure it does.

    Any piece of good news about what will happen involving the U.S. government in the next four years? Throw it out the fucking window.

    • @NegativeInf
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      2115 days ago

      Out the window? Recoverable. Shredded to bits at the bottom of a dirty disposal, just like the constitution? That’s where it’ll go.

    • @[email protected]
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      1115 days ago

      Yes, I fear defenestration of various “problems” will become more and more commonplace here in the US now, sadly

    • @[email protected]
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      1114 days ago

      Four years hahahaha. Oh my poor child, try next several decades. Trump is going to fill up the courts with as many right wing lunatics he can his hands on. Hell maybe the whole government too.

      • Flying Squid
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        314 days ago

        I meant ‘in’ as in ‘within.’

  • @Myxomatosis
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    15 days ago

    It will be eliminated in January. Glad I’m not having kids in this shithole country.

  • @blazera
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    3814 days ago

    Oh I love when democrats enact laws that dont go into effect for several years. And then never.

  • @[email protected]
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    2515 days ago

    School Lunch is COMMUNISM! Donald Trump will Let Our Kids STARVE which is EXACTLY why I voted for him!

    -Republicans trying to Save The Children!

  • @Iheartcheese
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    1915 days ago

    2025 new policy of punching poor kids in the face takes effect.

  • @autumn_rain
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    1814 days ago

    Project2025 has the plan in it to end all free and reduced price meals at public schools.

  • @njm1314
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    1215 days ago

    It’ll be repealed by the end of January

  • @[email protected]
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    1115 days ago

    When RFK is put in charge of school food programs, he’ll remove all breakfast and lunch from schools and tell the electorate that it’s saving money and that intermittent fasting is healthy for kids.

  • @[email protected]
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    715 days ago

    I do hope this program has a chance to stick around long enough to actually start.

    I wouldn’t count on it.

  • @garretble
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    215 days ago

    So a child today suffering from this just has to wait several more years for it take effect?