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2015
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The Oregonian reported on April 13 that approximately 30,000 more Oregon school children could have access to free school lunches starting with the 2015-16 school year under a new state budget provision.
Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday signed House Bill 2017, an appropriations bill that provides $2.4 million to fund a mandate that school districts provide free lunches to students who are eligible for reduced-price lunches under U.S. Department of Agriculture income eligibility guidelines.
Read the Oregonian/OregonLive article here…