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DENVER — Colorado lawmakers are weighing the future of the state’s free school meals program which serves Kindergartners through 12th graders.In 2022, Colorado voters approved Proposition FF, which raised $116.2 million for free school meals.But according to Chalkbeat, during a Joint Budget Committee hearing, lawmakers discussed how to address a $56 million program shortfall from last year after more students than expected took part in the program.
“We need to be able to secure long-term funding for the program now that we see that there is this increase of participation. We really want to make sure that we are able to keep the meals free for students across Colorado, but that we're also implementing the rest of the pieces of the program that have been put on pause until now until further funding. And a lot of those pieces were really going to make the meals healthier,” Cervantes said.
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