Article: School lunch hike is hard to swallow

A bill that quietly paved the way for the Department of Education to raise school lunch prices from 75 cents to $1.50 to help offset budget shortfalls has hit a pothole in the House Education Committee.

Lawmakers instead will ask education officials to have each school conduct an audit of its lunch program to ensure students eligible for free or reduced lunches still qualify for them and are not abusing the system.

"I would say that would be the better way for the Department of Education to save money," said House Education Chairman David Stegmaier (D, Hawaii Kai).

The committee yesterday removed language in House Bill 3452 that would have set the maximum price of lunches from one-third to ...

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