School lunches are a mainstay in today’s schools. Today, breakfast and lunch programs are operated through a partnership between the federal government, state agencies and local school districts.

New York families will benefit from a state initiative providing $120 per eligible child to purchase food. The Summer EBT ...

Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas has welcomed the inclusion of universal school meals in the recently-approved state ...

Philadelphia children eating a "three-cent dinner" at school, featured in the 1913 book ... the farms where their food came from, as the New York Times’ Shannon Eblen writes.

"Changes to federal school meal programs ... could dramatically increase the financial burden on New York State, who has committed to providing free breakfasts and lunches to all students." ...

In a school kitchen, you're running about a 40% food cost. We get $4 and, I think, 69 cents per meal that we serve for lunch, so we try getting a dish that's at a $1.50 or lower. When it comes to ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul dropped in during lunch at Eagle Point Elementary School in Albany Thursday o promote food assistance programs. Hochul, a Democrat, sat down and chatted with ...

Hochul that schools should be phone ... devices — including during lunch and free periods — as soon as this fall. Some districts, including New York City, have considered using magnetic ...

Lander said in a statement that the freeze on federal funds could impact funding for school lunches in New York City. Early childhood education programs like Head Start may also face disruptions ...

All New York schools could offer free lunch and breakfast to every student starting next year, with Gov. Kathy Hochul now backing the funding to make that benefit available in every cafeteria ...

That proposal gives all New York public, charter, and non-public school students free breakfast and lunch, no matter their family income. Schools would have to rely on funding federal programs ...