As many as 982,000 children could be affected by the change, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Nearly 1 million children could lose their automatic eligibility for free school lunches under a Trump administration proposal that would reduce the number of people who get food stamps.
Children automatically qualify for free lunches if their families receive food stamps, but the Trump administration has proposed tightening eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which was once known as food stamps. The USDA is not proposing changes to the income rules for the program. It says it is addressing a loophole that gives eligibility to people who would not have otherwise qualified.
The National School Lunch Program serves about 30 million students, including about 20 million free meals daily. For those who don’t qualify for free or reduced-price meals, the average price of lunch was $2.48 for elementary school students in the 2016-17 school year, according to the School Nutrition Assn., which represents cafeteria employees and vendors.The group says about three-quarters of school districts have students with unpaid meal charges.
In details released late Monday, the USDA said its proposal could cut $90 million a year from the cost of its school lunch and breakfast programs, which last year was more than $18 billion. It noted the actual number of children who could lose automatic access to free lunch could be less, since some schools offer free lunches to all students regardless of their eligibility.
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