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15 GOP governors are refusing free summer meals for school kids

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15 states have declined to participate in Summer EBT , a new federal food program.

The program would have sent parents of students who qualify for free or reduced meals up to $120 per child while kids were out of school for remote learning or summer break.

Iowa ’s Gov. Reynolds said the program “does nothing to promote nutrition at a time when childhood obesity has become an epidemic”.

Some states had balked at having to pay for half of the administrative cost of running the new program.

Forgoing Summer EBT will almost certainly mean more hungry kids, which is expensive in the long run.

Some advocates still hold out hope that their states will decide to opt in next year .

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