"The haves and the have-nots in the school lunchroom is not a necessary thing," said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday offered an unwavering defense of his state's recently enacted universal free school meals program, arguing that Republican efforts to means-test the initiative would have created burdensome and needless"The haves and the have-nots in the school lunchroom is not a necessary thing.
Just feed our children," Walz, a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, said during a press conference., which took effect on July 1, provides breakfast and lunch for free to K-12 students whose schools participate in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program.the program as "a lunchbox tax cut—it gives money back to families.