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Free School Meals

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) requests funding to provide healthy school meals to all of Washington’s learners, especially after the K-12 meals provided by pandemic funds expire.
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Passed!

  • Bill filed as HB 1238
  • Passed out of the Education Committee on Feb. 7
  • Passed out of the Appropriations Committee on Feb. 24th
  • Passed off of the House floor on March 1st
  • HB 1238 now must pass through the Senate chamber committees and floor votes

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Passed!

  • Bill filed as SB 5339
  • Bill passed out of the Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee on Jan. 30
  • Bill did not pass out of the Ways & Means Committee
  • The Senate version of this bill has died
  • HB 1238 was referred to the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee on March 6th
  • The bill passed out of the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee on March 20th
  • The bill passed out of the Ways & Means Committee on April 4th
  • Passed off of the Senate floor on April 11th
  • Bill has been delivered to the Governor to be signed into law

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Related Reading

OSPI's news release
Jun 12
Pandemic universal free school lunch ending
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