Last month, Governor Evers included free school meals for all, strategic investments in school breakfast funding, and a local purchasing incentive program in his proposed biennial budget. More specifically known  as the Governor’s Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids plan. Allison Pfaff Harris, farm-to-school director at REAP Food Group explains what this plan means for Wisconsin and our producers.

“To go a little bit more in depth, essentially school districts will receive reimbursement from the federal government for students qualifying for free and reduced meals and then for those who don’t qualify for either, they’ll receive a smaller amount of federal reimbursement,” says Harris.

In total, the governor’s 2023-25 biennial budget proposal will provide an increase of more than $2.6 billion for public schools.

Governor Evers has long maintained that a kid who’s hungry isn’t going to be able to focus on their studies or in the classroom, and his budget proposal makes critical investments to provide universal breakfast and lunch and engage local farmers and producers in the school meal marketplace.

Last month, Governor Evers included free school meals for all, strategic investments in school breakfast funding, and a local purchasing incentive program in his proposed biennial budget. More specifically known  as the Governor’s Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids plan. Allison Pfaff Harris, farm-to-school director at REAP Food Group explains what this plan means for Wisconsin and our producers.
“To go a little bit more in depth, essentially school districts will receive reimbursement from the federal government for students qualifying for free and reduced meals and then for those who don’t qualify for either, they’ll receive a smaller amount of federal reimbursement,” says Harris.
In total, the governor’s 2023-25 biennial budget proposal will provide an increase of more than $2.6 billion for public schools.
Governor Evers has long maintained that a kid who’s hungry isn’t going to be able to focus on their studies or in the classroom, and his budget proposal makes critical investments to provide universal breakfast and lunch and engage local farmers and producers in the school meal marketplace.

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