Kansas Republican morphs free lunch bill to give reduced-lunch students free meals

By: Anna Kaminski

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: February 5, 2026

Words: 775

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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TOPEKA — Kansas Republicans want to give every student who qualifies for reduced lunch two free meals a day.

Sen. Doug Shane, a Louisburg Republican, pitched the deal Tuesday as a way to ensure Kansas children don’t go hungry, and it happens to meet one of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s policy goals. But the proposal to cover the residual costs of reduced lunch with state dollars is embedded in a bill that seeks to change …

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