Heartless Florida high school cafeteria workers deny child lunch on first day over 15 cents

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43. In most civilized societies education and the meal is provided for the student as part of

the tax plan, so children going to school don't have to worry about this kind of thing, but in this country, just think, the school gets reimbursed for the cost of the food, in some way shape or form.

And as for the anti-student food handler..................it is not within her job description to deny a person a lunch or a breakfast for a school, her job description is to prepare and serve, god knows what she does to the food in the preparation phase....................god knows, so if she gets fired maybe she can see what its like wondering when her next meal comes from...............

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/mar/30/schoolmeals.schools1

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United States
A typical menu from a California school consists of a hamburger with potato wedges or Rotisserie-style roast chicken, shredded lettuce and pickles, chilled fruit and purple dinosaur cookies. The total cost would be $2 (£1.06).

The standards for nutrition are based on the federal government's dietary guidelines for Americans, which recommend that no more than 30% of an individual's calories come from fat and less than 10% from saturated fat.

School lunches must also provide at least one-third of the recommended dietary allowances of protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, calcium, and calories.

The federal government lays down the dietary guidelines, but decisions about what specific foods to serve and how they are prepared are made by local school food authorities.

The government runs and funds a national school lunch programme, administered by the US department of agriculture, which operates in over 97,700 schools. The programme provides inexpensive or free lunches to 27 million children and cost $7.1bn in 2003.

Children from families with incomes at or below 130% of the poverty level are eligible for free meals. Those with incomes between 130% and 185% of the poverty level are eligible for reduced-price meals, for which students can be charged no more than 40 cents. (For the period July 1 2004 to June 30 2005, 130% of the poverty level is $24,505 for a family of four; 185% is $34,873.)

Most of the support that the department of agriculture provides to schools in the national school lunch programme comes in the form of a cash reimbursement for each meal served. The current basic cash reimbursement rates are: $2.24 for free lunches; $1.84 for reduced price lunches; and 21 cents for free paid lunches.