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“It’s 2023 in the United States of America, people get lunch breaks,” said Leslie Blatteau, president of the New Haven Federation of Teachers AFT Union 933. It comes among the strong reaction from state educators who say an effort to repeal their protected 30-minute lunch break is harmful to teachers and students. “I think it’s a distraction from the real…

A Tolland lawmakers says an amendment to a bill that became law last year mandating a 30-minute lunch break for teachers never went through the proper legislative process, and she wants it repealed.

For the first time in more than two years, some Connecticut parents will have to start paying for their children to eat in school. State funding that allowed schools to continue offering meals at no cost to students is now, as expected, beginning to run out. There are kids who are going to go hungry and there are families who…

The pandemic-era federal aid that made school meals available for free to all public school students — regardless of family income levels — is ending, raising fears about the effects in the upcoming school year for families already struggling with rising food and fuel costs

Congressional child nutrition waivers that allowed for free meals in school and other food assistance measures are expiring June 30.

Congressional Child Nutrition waivers, which provide students with free school lunches, are expected to end at the end of June.

A federal program that made school meals free for all students is set to end this month, impacting some schools around the state.

A new grant program is now offering creative solutions to the problem of food shortages for students. It is called Connecticut Grown For Connecticut Kids, and it’s funding the farm-to-table concept for schools. New Britain Schools have already been making strides to bring local food to students’ plates, and people involved say this new funding is important. State leaders...

Some schools are facing lunch shortages due to pandemic disruptions to the supply chain.

The Agriculture Department told NBC News that the Biden administration is poised to announce the largest summer food program in U.S. history, which will feed 30 million low-income children.

More than a year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hartford Public Schools Food Services and Child Nutrition workers are once again reinventing the way they feed their students. For the first time since last March, more than 2,500 students returned to in-person learning Monday, but still thousands of children continue to learn at home. Whether it’s in the…

Torrington Public Schools will be offering students free breakfast and lunch this school year. Through the Community Eligibility Provision of the National School Lunch Program, the district will be providing the meals at no charge to all students. There will be no application required to determine eligibility for free meals.

Just as every school district has created their own learning model, each school district across Connecticut is coming up with their own plan for feeding students throughout the day.

Windsor Public Schools is helping families who may struggle to pay for their student’s lunch. The program was started by an anonymous person who wanted to help the school district. Food shaming and food insecurities are two problems many school districts across the country and inside Connecticut face. But, thanks to a generous donation by a person who wants...

Windsor Public Schools are using an anonymous donation to help get students the food they need at school even if their lunch account has a negative balance.

Soon it may be illegal for Connecticut school districts to put the burden of unpaid lunch bills on students.

Connecticut legislators are considering a bill that would make it illegal to discipline students due to outstanding lunch debt.