Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Lisa Murkowski revive school lunch debate following opposition by Republican leadership. The proposed bill would allow schools to serve free meals to students for another year.
introduced a bill Thursday that would allow the nation’s schools to serve free meals to all students for another year. The move comes after Republican leadership objected to extending the pandemic flexibility in— a surprise move that enraged school leaders and anti-hunger advocates across the country.
McConnell’s office declined to comment on the record, but a GOP leadership aide has said that, more than two years into the pandemic, it is no longer necessary to expand access to free school meals or provide more flexibility to administer nutrition programs. The aide blamed the Biden administration for failing to include an extension of the waivers in its formal Covid spending bill request and noted that President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget request didn’t include the ask either.
Leading Democrats in the House and Senate told POLITICO they are trying to attach the extension to the Covid spending package currently under negotiation — an extremely tall order considering the policy’s $11 billion price tag, which would roughly double the size of the Covid package the two parties are haggling over. If that doesn’t work, Stabenow said she plans to bring the measure up as an amendment when the Senate considers the Covid bill, which could happen in the coming weeks.
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