Reduced-price meal is a term used in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
to describe a
federally reimbursable meal, or snack, served to a qualified child when the family of the child's income is between 130 and 185 percent of the US
federal poverty threshold. Schools may not charge more than
US$
The United States dollar (symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official ...
0.40 for reduced-price lunches, nor more than US$0.30 for reduced-price breakfasts.
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School meal programs in the United States
School meal programs in the United States provide school meals free of charge, or at a government-subsidized price, to U.S. students from low-income families. These free or subsidized meals have the potential to increase household food security, wh ...
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National School Lunch Act
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (79 P.L. 396, 60 Stat. 230) is a 1946 United States federal law that created the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to provide low-cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students through ...
References
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{{Contemporary social welfare programs in the United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Education in the United States
School meal programs in the United States