New Mexico Passes Law To Prevent Lunch Shaming Or Forced Chores At Schools
“A senator in New Mexico proposed a first-of-its-kind legislation that would protect kids from ‘lunch shaming’ practices in the state’s schools. While the school lunch program is seen as an opt-in aspect of the American public education system for many families, some families can’t afford to take advantage of it and kids go hungry — and experience discrimination — as a result. In some schools students are expected to work in exchange for a meal, or are denied food outright if they don’t have lunch money. New Mexico passed a law to prevent lunch shaming or forced chores for kids at school, but the practices still exist in schools across the U.S.”