Broward school district to end universal free lunches, raise lunch prices

The Broward School Board was informed that the surplus of federal funds that had been used to offer free lunch throughout the district for the past school year was finally depleted. (Broward County Public Schools/Courtesy, file image)

By  | The Miami Herald

Broward County Public Schools will no longer offer free lunch to all students this upcoming school year. At Tuesday’s meeting, the school board was informed that the surplus of federal funds that had been used to offer free lunch throughout the district for the past school year was finally depleted.

For some Broward students, next school year will be the first time in several years that they will have to pay for lunch. In response to the pandemic, the federal government provided waivers for schools to offer universal free lunch, which expired in 2022.

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