USDA: Nearly One Million Kids Would Lose Automatic Free Lunch Under Trump Proposal

WASHINGTON (CBS Local) — Nearly a million children could lose their automatic eligibility for free school lunches under proposed changes to the food-stamp program by the Trump administration.
As many as 982,000 children would no longer be automatically eligible for free school meals, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture analysis released Tuesday. That’s double the agency’s initial estimate.
About half of those children would have to pay a reduced price of 40 cents for sc