COLUMBUS, Ohio — A bipartisan bill introduced to the Ohio Senate would make all breakfast and lunch free at public and chartered nonpublic schools.
"[My younger son] is waking up in the middle, like late at night, and going down and eating again because he's so hungry," Hastings said.
As food at grocery stores is getting more expensive for the mom, it's getting more expensive at school, too.
"Wow, school lunch is expensive now," she said.
"You're looking at about $3,000 a year spent on breakfast and lunch," Blessing told me.
The Republican and state Sen. Kent Smith (D-Euclid) have introduced bipartisan S.B. 109, which would provide free breakfast and lunch to public and chartered nonpublic school students.
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