Proposed farm bill could impact thousands of Wis. students who qualify for lunch assistance

The 2018 farm bill making its way through Congress could cease the automatic enrollment of more than 23,000 Wisconsin students for free or reduced-price meals at school, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.

If passed, the current form of the bill states that students whose families have a household income of more than 130% of the federal poverty level would no longer be automatically eligible for free and reduced-price meals. Families could still enroll their children in the program if they fill out the paperwork themselves.

At the request of Wisconsin Democrats, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau released a memo that shows that around 23,369 students in the state who receive free or reduced-price meals would be affected.

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