More students are getting free- and reduced-price meals in school, according to a recently released report. It’s a rise driven, in large part, by states passing universal school meal laws. New York is ...

A growing number of states are implementing universal free school meals for students in full-time education. Universal free school meals are a relatively new phenomenon in the U.S., with the first ...

Three years ago, the federal government ended a pandemic-era policy that allowed schools to offer free meals to all students. In the years since, many schools have had to go back to pre-pandemic ...