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    Legislation moves forward to erase school meal debt in Pennsylvania

    By Jared Weaver,

    4 hours ago

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    (WHTM)– Not everybody in school gets a free lunch and many students accrue quite a tab, but the state House passed a bill to eliminate school meal debt.

    It would establish an $80 million fund within the department of education to assist public schools in paying off meal debt.

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    It also prohibits schools from giving students who are in arrears alternative meal or taking action against their families.

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