{"id":7789,"date":"2024-01-29T14:27:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T22:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/nobles\/?p=7789"},"modified":"2024-01-29T14:31:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T22:31:13","slug":"nobles-bill-would-increase-student-access-to-free-school-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/nobles\/2024\/01\/29\/nobles-bill-would-increase-student-access-to-free-school-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobles bill to increase student access to free school meals heard in committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">OLYMPIA \u2014 A bill to increase students\u2019 access to free meals was heard in the Senate Early Learning &amp; K-12 Education Committee Monday.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=5964&amp;Year=2023&amp;Initiative=False\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Senate Bill 5964<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, sponsored by Sen. T\u2019wina Nobles (D-Fircrest), would require all school districts to provide breakfast and lunch without charge to any requesting students, beginning with the 2024-25 school year.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nobles said for current free school meals programs, income eligibility for a household of four is $55,500 \u2014 this means two parents making minimum wage would be ineligible. While the cost of school meals for a family with two kids in middle school is $260.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cWith the ongoing rise in food costs, school meals have become a crucial lifeline for families, and access is more essential now than ever before,\u201d said Nobles, a former educator. \u201cTo advance every student\u2019s chance at success, we need to ensure their attention will be on their education and not where their next meal is coming from.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Follow the bill\u2019s progress <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=5964&amp;Year=2023&amp;Initiative=False\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OLYMPIA \u2014 A bill to increase students\u2019 access to free meals was heard in the Senate Early Learning &amp; K-12 Education Committee Monday.\u00a0 Senate Bill 5964, sponsored by Sen. T\u2019wina Nobles (D-Fircrest), would require all school districts to provide breakfast and lunch without charge to any requesting students, beginning with the 2024-25 school year.\u00a0 Nobles said for current free school meals programs, income eligibility for a household of four is $55,500 \u2014 this means two parents making minimum wage would be ineligible. While the cost of school meals for a family with two kids in middle school is $260.\u00a0 \u201cWith&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":7790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nobles bill to increase student access to free school meals heard in committee - Sen. 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