National News: How a big federal spending package could affect school meals and student poverty counts

There’s momentum in Congress to make it easier for more students to get free, federally supported school meals. But that change, if enacted through a legislative package from Democrats called the Build Back Better Act, could have repercussions for how educators, policymakers, and others measure and respond to student poverty.

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Source: Education Week, Sept. 23, 2021. (Subscription may be required.)