Posted on Jun 24, 2022
Senate sends the school meal waivers bill back to the House with time running out
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After passing a nearly $3 billion plan that would extend pandemic school meal waivers through the summer and next school year, the House will have to vote on the bill a second time after the Senate sent it back with changes.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., blocked the bill in the Senate, urging lawmakers to bring back the "reduced price" category of the National School Lunch Program.
Before the pandemic, meals were either free, reduced price or full price to students. During the pandemic, the waivers allowed for all meals to be free. The House bill included only free and full-price options.
Schools have felt the strain of rising food, gas and labor costs. Waivers passed by Congress at the start of the pandemic gave relief from regulations that monitor how, when and who gets school meals that expire in seven days.
Congress couldn't reach a deal in time to include in the budget signed by President Biden in March after Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell pushed against the extension.
After passing a nearly $3 billion plan that would extend pandemic school meal waivers through the summer and next school year, the House will have to vote on the bill a second time after the Senate sent it back with changes.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., blocked the bill in the Senate, urging lawmakers to bring back the "reduced price" category of the National School Lunch Program.
Before the pandemic, meals were either free, reduced price or full price to students. During the pandemic, the waivers allowed for all meals to be free. The House bill included only free and full-price options.
Schools have felt the strain of rising food, gas and labor costs. Waivers passed by Congress at the start of the pandemic gave relief from regulations that monitor how, when and who gets school meals that expire in seven days.
Congress couldn't reach a deal in time to include in the budget signed by President Biden in March after Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell pushed against the extension.
Senate sends the school meal waivers bill back to the House with time running out
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Reprogram the unspent covid funds before spending more. The $$s are out there
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CSM Chuck Stafford
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - thanks, I only got a few ideas, but remember --> I'm just a product of the North Carolina public school system
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
CSM Chuck Stafford - I Won't Say anything if You Don't Bust on My for being the Product of the Inner City Cincinnati Public Schools! LOL!
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Just more proof certain politicians don't care about living, breathing children at all. They only care about clumps of cells.
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This is a travesty, for children in every state. Some of these children the only good meal they get is through the school.
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PO2 Russell "Russ" Lincoln
PO1 John Johnson - sometimes it's no body's fault. A parent gets injured and can no longer work their minimum wage job, or a teenage mother on her own with no education or job talents.
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