Most schools would flunk school lunch, if they got grades, but to be fair so would most kids — you know you were always spending your milk money on Tastee Kakes or whatever.And one New York ...

While there isn’t a reported, cumulative total of lunch debt in the country today, CNN reported that 75% of U.S. school districts had lunch debt during the 2016-2017 school year. In a survey of ...

Over the weekend, California passed a law mandating all students get lunch. Unfortunately, a series of school districts have recently taken steps in the other direction.

In one school district in New Jersey, students with unpaid school lunch debt aren’t allowed to attend their prom. In Rhode Island, students who owed money were given jelly sandwiches rather than ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon require schools to set clear, consistent policies about how they address unpaid school lunch bills, which have long been a sticky issue for schools.

Students in Jones’ school district were among the 50 million who received free lunches for two years through the federal program that covered the costs during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

This school year, students have amassed record lunch debt with districts across the country reporting $19.2 million in lunch debt accumulated since November of last year, according to a 2023 ...

After an Ohio elementary school drew outrage for preventing students with school lunch debt from buying a $1 ice cream, a local restaurant shelled out $400 to clear their debt.