Good morning,

Healthy Eating Research recently released a new research brief<https://cspinet.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56c53970e9e8f3069990102a6&id=fe29380318&e=638b51d85a> on improving access to free school meals. Universal free school meals have been shown to improve student nutrition, behavior, and academic performance and strengthen school finances. However, confusion about potential impacts of offering universal free meals on education funding is a barrier to adoption.

Schools offering universal free meals are no longer required to collect free and reduced-price meal applications, an important source of data on household income that has traditionally been used to allocate funding to schools.

In light of this challenge, this research brief identifies evidence-based strategies to address the intersections between school meals and educational funding. Learn more here<https://cspinet.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=56c53970e9e8f3069990102a6&id=c17ed159c2&e=638b51d85a>.

Best,

Katie Marx – she/her/hers

Policy Coordinator

Center for Science in the Public Interest

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