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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
imageEating 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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