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fraiserouge@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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This week, California passed legislation banning ultra-processed school meals

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This week, California passed legislation banning ultra-processed school meals

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‘Bipartisan, common sense, science-based’: California leads the way in banning ultra-processed school meals
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Experts hope that a ‘California effect’ will push other states to ban UPFs, similar to its law against six synthetic food dyes
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    Banning is all swell and dandy but a big issue that most schools have is having to make lunch for so many kids with so little money.
    And on top of that there’s the outrageous charges they place on families and the draconian debt collection measures they sometimes rely on.

    Banning is easy, solving is not. Sorry.

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      Meanwhile: https://newrepublic.com/post/173668/republicans-declare-banning-universal-free-school-meals-2024-priority

      More:

      https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-calls-kids-freeloaders-wanting-190918582.html

      https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-congressman-suggests-children-receiving-free-school-lunches-rcna189614

      https://apnews.com/article/states-rejecting-federal-funds-summer-ebt-8a1e88ad77465652f9de67fda3af8a2d

      https://democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/media/press-releases/up-to-183-million-children-could-lose-access-to-free-school-meals-because-of-republican-tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy

      https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/22/gop-senator-considering-blocking-school-meal-funding-deal-over-transgender-policy-fight-00041366

      These people are fucking evil.

      Edit: Just keep finding more:

      https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-plan-cut-free-school-lunches-1807361

      https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/trump-admin-cuts-program-that-brought-local-food-to-school-cafeterias/2025/03

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      Your concerns are not valid for my state of California. School lunches are provided through state and federal funding to all kids.

      California might as well be another country at this point. I mean, we do have the fourth largest economy in the world.

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      And on top of that there’s the outrageous charges they place on families and the draconian debt collection measures they sometimes rely on.

      California schools are mandated to offer breakfast and lunch to every child for free, so not a concern on that front.

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