school meals

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is campaigning to continue the state’s program to provide free school meals for all Michigan K-12 students.On Wednesday, the Democratic governor spooned out fruit, beans and vegetables and delivered a few fist bumps to hungry students at Baker Middle School in Troy.

School officials are working on policy changes that they say would improve students’ access to food. The changes would allow students to get an evening meal even if they aren’t in after-school care.

School districts would receive a record $10,050 per student, an increase of $442, and dedicated funding for universal free school meals would remain.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is asking Michigan schools to keep making free breakfast and lunch available to all students – even though there's no budget yet for the program.