School lunch prices have been on the rise nationwide for close to a decade now, after the federal government launched an initiative to have schools raise lunch prices to match the price they are reimbursed for free and reduced lunches. But STMA’s lunch prices will stay the same next year, which will mark the third […]
STMA School Lunch Prices Up Nearly 30 Percent Since 2010
District Will File a Waiver to Keep Lunch Prices the Same for Next School Year
Lunch prices have been on the rise across the nation for several years, after former President Barack Obama signed the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010. One provision of the law requires school districts to incrementally increase lunch prices to bring them in line with what the federal government reimburses schools for low income […]