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Emily Gutierrez – Urban Institute, 2025
Congressional Republicans are reportedly considering spending cuts to balance the cost of extending the tax cuts they enacted in 2017. One proposal is to raise the eligibility threshold for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which lets schools provide federally reimbursed free meals to all students. This change would cut the number of…
Descriptors: Politics, Elementary Secondary Education, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs
Emily Gutierrez – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Over the last decade, more and more schools have adopted Universal Free Meals (UFM), a program that provides meals free of charge to all students, regardless of household income. Recent research finds UFM increases participation in school meals, improves test scores, and reduces incidences of bad behavior. Additionally, advocates cite stigma…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Student Attitudes, Educational Environment, Bullying