How 8 US States Pay for Free Lunch for Public School Students

While many states fund their programs through state budgets, Massachusetts joins a few states that find more creative ways to pay for free meals. Its 4% millionaire tax, which is on income, is different from President Joe Biden's billionaires' tax proposal from February, which is aimed at wealth. 

Colorado, the one state that doesn't require school districts to participate, handles the funding of universal free lunch through a voter-passed tax measure. The state's Healthy School Meals for All program passed 55.1% to 44.9% in 2022, reduces income tax deductions for households earning $300,000 or more to fund its meals, AP said. 

And Vermont's free meals program, which was allowed through in June 2023 by Gov. Phil Scott despite him opposing it and not signing it, according to Vermont Public — will result in a $0.03 increase in the property tax rate…

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