Petition: Tell the Senate to Pass the School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act

In the world’s richest nation, a growing crisis casts a shadow on its education system: school lunch debt. “[A] term so absurd that it shouldn’t even exist,” according to Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman.

It affects millions of school children across the country — the total public school meal debt is $262 million a year. This number is outrageous. No child should be burdened with financial debt for simply being fed at school.

Thankfully, there is a potential solution, introduced by Senator Fetterman himself. A Senate bill, called the “School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act,” would require the United States Department of Agriculture to pay for all school lunch and breakfast debt owed by students.

Please sign this petition to demand the Senate pass the School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act!

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