Not exact matches
The bottom line facts you need to know: under the new school food law
passed last year, school districts must bring the price for a paid
lunch (that is, a
lunch purchased by a student who does not qualify for
free or reduced price meals) into line with what the meal actually costs, eventually charging an average of $ 2.46 per
lunch.
In a school where one in ten students is a native English speaker, and 95 percent receive
free or reduced lunch, the AP Calculus program has grown from 15 students to 150 in three years and boosts the highest
pass rate in the district on the AP exam.
My local stretch of U.S. Route 206 tells the tale: Driving north, you'll first
pass the inner - city school district of Trenton where 90 percent of students are economically disadvantaged (i.e., meet the requirements for
free or reduced - price
lunch, the government's proxy for poverty),...
Under a law
passed in 2010, districts with
free or reduced - price
lunches can offer the meals to every student at the school, regardless of household income.
Optional school students who qualify for
free or reduced lunch are eligible to receive an MTA Bus
pass from MNPS.
At Indianapolis charter school Christel House Academy, 90 percent of students receive
free or reduced price
lunches and about 70 percent
pass state tests.
In Indianapolis Public Schools, roughly 80 percent of students receive
free or reduced price
lunches, but only 45 percent of students
pass state tests.