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Free lunch for every student — NJ lawmakers approve a 5-year plan
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New Jersey bill requires all schools to offer free meals
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School meals no longer free for all NJ students
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Governor signs universal school meals into law at Piñon Elementary, Education
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Rhode Island Unlikely To Provide Universal School Meals For Public School Kids – The 74
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Senators revive school lunch debate with bill to extend universal free meals - POLITICO
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NJ slaps down controversial school lunch policy
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A pandemic experiment in universal free school meals gains traction in the states
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N.J. would expand free breakfast, lunch for students under new plan pushed by Assembly speaker
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Michigan schools given record per-pupil funding, $204M for at-risk students