In addition, thousands of charters do not
provide subsidized lunches, putting them even further out of reach for the poorest families and children.
Thousands of charter schools don't
provide subsidized lunches, putting them out of reach for families in poverty.
Not exact matches
D.C. Central Kitchen's bid for the pilot contract was «somewhat more» than the $ 2.70 - per - meal benchmark the schools had set in their request for proposals, representing approximately the amount the federal government
provides for a fully -
subsidized school
lunch.
As the New York Times article discusses more fully, the impetus for the price increase was a finding by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a research organization in Washington, that by keeping the price of the full meal too low, the paid meals were effectively being
subsidized by the federal dollars which are supposed to be allocated to the meals
provided to kids who are on free / reduced
lunch.
The Sri Lankan workers making the boots are
provided with benefits like
subsidized meals for breakfast and
lunch, transport to and from work, a welfare shop from which workers can buy everyday household goods, food and drink at discount prices, insurance options, and access to loans for things such as housing, education, critical illness and distress.
I used the appendix
provided by Weiland to compute the percentile test score gains for children eligible for a
subsidized lunch, versus higher - income children who were ineligible for a
subsidized lunch.