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Reject universal free school meals

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 10, p. 303. Written by Daren Bakst.

Reject universal free school meals

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What the document says

“any efforts to expand student eligibility for federal school meals to include all K–12 students should be soundly rejected”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 303

The chapter says such expansion would allow what it calls an inefficient, wasteful program to grow, and asks that the school lunch and breakfast programs be restored to their original goal of feeding children who would otherwise have no food at school.

What the document actually says

“any efforts to expand student eligibility for federal school meals to include all K–12 students should be soundly rejected”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 303
That sentence, in plain words

Some want free school meals for every child. The book says that should be turned down flat.

What this is about

Some people want free meals for all pupils. The book says no. It says meals should go only to children who need them.

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