Gov. Cuomo includes funding to combat ‘lunch shaming’ in 2018 budget

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Gov. Cuomo’s “No Student Goes Hungry” initiative aims to stop lunch shaming in New York state; lunch shaming is bullying geared toward students who can’t afford food in school.
The program, detailed in the state’s 2018 budget, prohibits any public act of humiliation toward kids who can’t afford lunch. Schools can no longer require students who receive free lunch to wear a special pin, bracelet, or to be ostracized in any way.
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