Wisconsin state Rep. Kristina Shelton (D-Green Bay) | Wisconsin State Representative Kristina Shelton/Facebook
Wisconsin state Rep. Kristina Shelton (D-Green Bay) | Wisconsin State Representative Kristina Shelton/Facebook
Wisconsin Congresswoman Kristina Shelton (D-Green Bay) thinks now is the perfect time to make free and healthy meals for public school students a necessity in the 2023/2024 state budget.
“With an *enormous* budget surplus, now is the time to improve our school meals!” she posted on Twitter this week. “The Healthy School Meals for All Act would ensure a free, healthy breakfast/lunch to all students — because hungry kids can’t learn.”
This year’s surplus is expected to grow to approximately $6.6 billion by early summer, a recent PBS Wisconsin report said. Shelton will be working diligently to convince Gov. Tony Evers that no need for the extra funds qualifies as being more worthy.
The Healthy School Meals for All Act also seeks to provide permanent free school breakfast and lunch for all Wisconsin school students while maximizing federal reimbursements for school meals. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic approximately three years ago, all school meals have come free of charge, but the move was not considered permanent.
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