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Changes are coming to school meals nationwide – an expert in food policy explains

  • Written by Marlene B. Schwartz, Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health and Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
Changes are coming to school meals nationwide – an expert in food policy explainsEating well makes it easier to concentrate on learning.Karen Ducey/Stringer via Getty Images

For the two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. public schools have been able to provide free meals for all students, including to-go meals in the summer. But on June 30, 2022, the federal waivers that expanded the school lunch program will expire.

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