GOP Budget Would End Free Lunches For Poor Students

June 15, 2023 Politics, Republicans

The New Republic reports:

The Republican Study Committee (of which some three-quarters of House Republicans are members) on Wednesday released its desired 2024 budget, in which the party boldly declares its priority to eliminate the Community Eligibility Provision, or CEP, from the School Lunch Program. Why? Because “CEP allows certain schools to provide free school lunches regardless of the individual eligibility of each student.” The horror.

Of note is that the CEP is not even something every school participates in; it is a meal service program reserved for qualifying schools and districts in low-income areas.

The program enables schools that predominantly serve children from low-income backgrounds to offer all students free breakfast and lunch, instead of means-testing them and having to manage collecting applications on an individual basis. As with many universal-oriented programs, it is more practically efficient and, as a bonus, lifts all boats. This is what Republicans are looking to eliminate.

Read the full article.

Rep. Kevin Hern, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, appeared on Fox earlier today to promote the GOP’s proposed budget. Of note, Hern made his fortune with dozens of McDonald’s franchises. You may recall that Hern got a few votes for House Speaker during McCarthy’s interminable 15-ballot ordeal.



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