Texas lawmaker starts crowdfunding campaign for school lunches

AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — A state lawmaker is looking for donations to pay off debt Texas students rack up in school cafeterias.
Partnered with Feeding Texas, Rep. Helen Giddings, D-DeSoto, launched a statewide crowd funding campaign Tuesday, in an effort to prevent what she calls “lunch shaming.”
At some Texas schools, students with lunch debt or empty accounts are denied a hot lunch and given a cheese sandwich instead.
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