Minnesota schools must offer same meals to students, regardless of lunch debt, attorney general rules
Nov 21, 2022 09:40AM ● By Content Editor
Photo: The same school meals must be available to all students, regardless of whether they are behind on payments. That's because of a 2021 Minnesota law prohibiting lunch shaming and a new binding ruling from Attorney General Keith Ellison. Credit: Jaida Grey Eagle | Sahan Journal
By BECKY Z. DERNBACH - Sahan Journal - November 18, 2022
By BECKY Z. DERNBACH - Sahan Journal - November 18, 2022
Minnesota schools must offer the same meals to all students, regardless of their lunch debt, Attorney General Keith Ellison has ruled.
“Minnesota law is clear: students whose families are struggling to afford their lives cannot be denied a regular school lunch or offered a substandard alternate meal in place of a regular lunch,” Ellison said in a press release from the Minnesota Department of Education.
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