Not exact matches
During the
school year that ended Friday, about 84 percent of Chicago public
school students
received free or reduced - price breakfasts and lunches, meaning that
with summer's arrival, nearly 342,000 children are no longer
receiving the
meals each day in their
school cafeterias.
With just seven per cent of gifted and talent pupils
receiving free school meals, the Liberal Democrats point out children from low income families are half as likely to be identified as gifted.
By 16, children
receiving free school meals achieve 1.7 grades lower at GCSE than their wealthier peers.6 Leaving
school with fewer qualifications translates into lower earnings over the course of a working life.
These grammar
schools have faced criticism for their intake of poorer pupils,
with just three per cent of grammar
school pupils
receiving free school meals, compared to 15 per cent in comprehensives.
The new pricing structure means state - funded
schools benefit from a 15 % discount and those
with a higher than average number of children
receiving free school meals will be eligible for 60 % off the standard rate.
The research also found that those
receiving private tuition were disproportionately from well off backgrounds,
with only 17 per cent of 11 - 16 year olds eligible for
free school meals (FSM) having
received tuition.
It also revealed that
schools show a significant increase in
free school meal uptake which is crucial in encouraging healthy eating habits, and that twice as many primary
schools receive an Outstanding Ofsted rating after working
with the Food for Life Partnership.
These include a relatively standard set of student and family demographics: an indicator for whether anyone in the family
received free or reduced - price
meals at
school in the past year, the family's income as a percentage of the federal poverty line, whether the child was born in the United States, whether the child lives
with a single mother, and the highest level of education either parent has attained.
The SMF also found wide inequality due to income,
with 40 per cent of students who
receive free school meals achieving 5 A * - Cs grades at GCSE, compared to 70 per cent of students who do not.
According to the most recent relevant data, approximately 90 percent of LEAs
receiving Title I funds use
free or
free and reduced - price
school meals data — sometimes alone, sometimes in combination
with other authorized criteria — to select Title I
schools and allocate funds among them.
Finally, based on the incidence of pupils
receiving free school meals during the past six years (FSM6), the primary
schools with the most such pupils will lose # 550 per pupil on average compared to # 342 for the primary
schools with the fewest such pupils.
Based on the incidence of pupils
receiving free school meals (FSM), the primary
schools with most children on FSM will lose # 530 per pupil on average compared to # 351 for the primary
schools with fewest pupils on FSM.
Of those aged 11 - 16, 17 % of pupils who are eligible for
free school meals (FSM) have
received private tuition at some point in their
schooling, compared
with 26 % of students who do not
receive FSM.
About half of Indiana students come from families
with incomes low enough to
receive free or reduced - price
meals at
school.
Advocates for Children of New York (AFC),
with the help of pro bono partner Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, brought these cases to court, challenging the New York City Department of Education's (DOE) failure to provide
free breakfast and lunch to children
with disabilities who would ordinarily be entitled to
receive meals in
school.
Advocates for Children of New York (AFC),
with the help of pro bono partner Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, brought these cases to court, challenging the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's) failure to provide
free breakfast and lunch to children
with disabilities who would ordinarily be entitled to
receive meals in
school, but who had to attend special education private
schools because the DOE did not offer them an appropriate public
school education.
Since September 2014,
schools with fewer than 150 pupils have
received extra funding to help provide
free hot
meals for children aged four to seven.
New
school meal rules, implemented this
school year as part of the Healthy, Hunger -
Free Kids Act of 2010 (PDF), are providing students with healthier options, including double the amount of fruits and vegetables they received last year; more whole grain — rich foods; low - fat or fat - free milk; and reduced saturated fat, trans fats, and sod
Free Kids Act of 2010 (PDF), are providing students
with healthier options, including double the amount of fruits and vegetables they
received last year; more whole grain — rich foods; low - fat or fat -
free milk; and reduced saturated fat, trans fats, and sod
free milk; and reduced saturated fat, trans fats, and sodium.
Now graduates who do most of their training in a
school with many children on
free school meals will
receive up to 25 % extra in bursary payments, up to # 5,000.