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A growing number of states are covering the cost of breakfast and lunch for all students after schools found they liked the benefits of a now-expired pandemic-era meals program.
In some extreme circumstances, lunch debt can result in a call to child protective services and debt collectors to recoup meal debt. Consequences can include removal from extracurricular activities, not being able to graduate or attend graduation.