July 13, 2021
Minnesota Ends School Lunch Shaming Over Student Debt
Minnesota lawmakers approved changes to school meal programs that stops what many advocates call "lunch shaming." And there's hope more steps will be taken to make free school lunches permanent. Colleen Moriarty said she’s been working for the last decade to make sure public school students are no longer embarrassed because they can’t afford their lunch bill. "Ten years ago we heard about snapping rubber bands on kids’ wrists, collection agencies going after families…lunches being dumped in...
