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Pandemic rules for school lunch program expiring

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Jun 6, 2022

The Agriculture Department will soon lose authority to grant waivers allowing kids to get free breakfast and lunch during the pandemic.

Many summer meal sites for students that were open last year won't be open this year, anti-poverty activists say.

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