Area Schools Say They Can't Afford Walters' Free Breakfast, Lunch Mandate

Area schools say they can't afford Walters' free breakfast, lunch mandate

Oklahoma’s education chief has mandated free meals for all students this school year, but some Rogers County administrators say they can’t cover the cost.

Audit questions using free school lunches to allocate at-risk school funding

Using the number of students who receive free lunches may no longer may be the best way to allocate funding for public school students who are at-risk of failing academically, a new state audit concludes. Free lunches have been used to determine at-risk funding for schools because the number of students in poverty and the number of students at risk of academic failure tended to be similar, the auditors said in their report to lawmakers. But legi…