Free school lunch for all looks to be off the table in Oregon, for now

An ambitious effort to provide free meals for every public school student in Oregon, regardless of income level, appears to have stalled in the Leg...

March 16, 2023
5:08 AM

An ambitious effort to provide free meals for every public school student in Oregon, regardless of income level, appears to have stalled in the Legislature. Instead, a revamped bill would create a task force to examine the concept and ensure that Oregon takes advantage of any changes made at the federal level in the meantime. 'We don't (ask public school children to pay for) textbooks or tuition or getting on the bus in the morning, but we do it for this one critical thing,' said Matt Newell-Ching, the public policy manager for the Oregon Food Bank.

Julia Silverman