8 US states offer free lunch for students. Here's how they pay for it, from a 4% millionaire's tax to a $0.03 property tax rate increase.

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Kimberly Ortiz, 13, goes through the cafe at John Liechty Middle School in Los Angeles on Wednesday, December 7, 2022.
California was the first state to pass free lunch legislation after the COVID-19 meal plan was not renewed for the 2022-2023 school year.

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