Republican budget proposal would do away with universal free school lunches

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A girl carries a school lunch tray.

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An Ohio elementary school ruined 'Ice Cream Friday' when it announced kids with school lunch debt wouldn't get any

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A child holds an ice cream cone.

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The typical brown bag school lunch costs 50 cents more this year, and it's a perfect example of how little daily costs from inflation add up to a big expense

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A parent fills a lunch box with bread, fruit, and vegetables for a kindergarten child.
Each day's packed lunch is about 50 cents more this year than last year – assuming a very rough 10% combined increase in prices for ham sandwich supplies, plus sides.

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