School Lunches

It can be hard to focus on an empty stomach, which is why, starting in the fall, the Boise School District will be offering free breakfast to its students.

The Boise School District will be offering free breakfast to all its students starting next school year and expanded free lunches to 20 schools.

Idaho Senate Republicans shot down the state’s welfare budget Thursday morning, saying taxpayers should not cover extra food benefits for children from low-income families during the summer months.

This spring, the Boise School District says it will try to find a way to pay for meals for all its students.

Unpaid meal balances held in the state’s largest district eclipsed $100,000 last school year. So far this year, the district is on pace for double that amount.

The new US Department of Agriculture income limits for free and reduced school lunches have been raised to reflect inflation.

Idaho is walking away from millions of dollars in federal funding that would have gone to feeding children from low-income families this summer.

Starting next school year, Idaho parents will need to once again apply for their children to receive free or reduced cost lunches.

So many children in Idaho deal with food insecurity on a daily basis. During a regular school year, kids often have access to food through their schools.…

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