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Pennsylvania Cancel Lunch Debt Coalition

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‘Stop penalizing hunger’: the push to cancel US school lunch debtWhile the US offers free school meals to its poorest students, many who don’t qualify still struggle to pay. Some politicians are joining the fight to erase that debt

In the Red - Out of the Darkness: Issue No.3Welcome to issue number three of In the Red (out of the darkness) - The official publication brought to you by the Debt Collective. This issue features articles by debt organizers and activists fighting for economic justice and equality. The Debt Collective has its roots in the Occupy Wall Street movement. In 2012, some of the founders of the Debt Collective helped write the Debt Resisters’ Operations Manual and launch the Rolling Jubilee, a mechanism for purchasing portfolios of people’s debt on secondary debt markets — and cancelling it. Using crowdfunded donations, the Rolling Jubilee abolished more than $32 million of medical, student, payday loan, and probation debt. We then collaborated with the New Economy Project to ensure that 120,000 judgement debts — worth $800 million — were forfeited and retired as part of a legal case. Visit us online at: www.debtcollective.org

Guest Opinion: No more student lunch debtBucks Cancel Lunch Debt Coalition was formed to raise awareness of school lunch debt and ensure no student goes hungry or feels ashamed for needing food.

Their View: Cancel school lunch debt | Times LeaderImagine a scenario where a child was hungry.

School Protects Students from Lunch Debt after Federal Program ends - Matter of Fact with Soledad O'BrienStudents are racking up lunch debt at schools after Congress ended a COVID-era subsidy for school meals. And only a few states have passed bills to step in where the federal government left off. Correspondent Laura Chavez goes to a school in Pennsylvania where cafeteria workers and teachers are working to keep all students fed […]

Pennsylvania children need free lunch at school as well as free breakfast | OpinionResearch has linked participation in school meals to improved academic achievement, standardized test scores, and cognitive function.

Western Pa. schools grapple with rising lunch debt as pandemic-era program that gave kids free meals endsMark Cherpak only has to glance at the numbers to know that school lunch debt rose so quickly this year that it is nearly twofold what the Baldwin-Whitehall...

Every Child Has the Right to a Free School MealWhen schools offer universal free meals, hungry kids eat. They also have better academic performance, behavior, attendance, and psychosocial functioning. These benefits should be available to all — with no questions asked, and no such thing as lunch debt.

How School Lunch Debt Creates Shame and Inequality — and Our Fight to Abolish ItDebt activists examine the shame, stigma, and effects of student lunch debt — and their successful organizing for universal free meals.

Bucks school lunch debt relief programs set to expireSchool lunch debt relief programs that began during the pandemic are set to expire. Many organizations try to keep them going.

A Bucks County school district just canceled over $20,000 of student lunch debtBristol Borough School District canceled student lunch debt after a local group brought the issue to its attention in February.

Join the Movement to Abolish School Meal Debt in Pennsylvania - Bucks County BeaconOver 87,000 students in PA are food insecure, but do not qualify for free/reduced lunch. Offering universal school meals solves this problem.

PA Cancel Lunch Debt Coalition Hosting Online Assembly - Bucks County BeaconThe public is invited to learn about lunch debt, why we need to abolish it, and how universal school meals can put an end to it.

Kinkead: PSEA calls for universal school mealsHARRISBURG, June 14 – The Pennsylvania State Education Association has passed a resolution supporting legislation that would create a free, universal school meals program in the commonwealth, state Rep. Emily Kinkead announced today.“I am pleased to see the largest public sector union...

Can We Stop Kids From Being Shamed Over School Lunch Debt?School lunches carry a small price tag, but for low-income families the cost can add up—and despite efforts to stop lunch shaming, some schools punish children who can’t pay.

Pa. quietly reverses ‘lunch shaming’ ban as school district debt growsLanguage within this year’s school code bill allows districts to withhold hot meals from students who accrue more than $50 in lunch debt.

Pennsylvania joins several other states in pushing for universal free breakfasts for kidsLawmakers nationwide are passing bills that would make free school meals permanent following the end of a federal pandemic-era program.

Sen. John Fetterman, others, introduce bill to cancel all school lunch debtSenator John Fetterman alongside Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced the "School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act" last week.

'They would take away the food': The shame of school lunch debt for one former studentA new bill would cancel school lunch debt; one former student shares his story.

Without Federal School-Meal Support, Lunch Shaming May Be Back on the MenuBefore the pandemic, some schools determined to manage school meal debt had resorted to tactics that embarrassed kids. The government provided universal free meals for two years, but the federal waivers expired in July.

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