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New Mexico to provide free meals for all students, regardless of family income

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New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signs Senate Bill 4, ensuring all students have access to free and healthy school meals, with sponsors Senator Leo Jaramillo (left) and Senator Michael Padilla (right) and fifth grade student Alejandro Najer (David Lienemann/Office of the Governor)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Gov.

Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed legislation to provide free school meals to all students regardless of family income, as New Mexico and several other states look to fill the gap left by lapsed federal pandemic-era benefit programs and address the strain to family budgets caused by food prices.The bill cleared the Legislature during the recent 60-day session, with lawmakers setting aside more than $22 million in the state budget to help pay for the program.

Additional money will be used to improve school kitchens so healthier meals can be prepared."When we feed our children, we’re feeding our future – these investments today will yield benefits tomorrow through generations of healthier New Mexicans," the Democratic governor said in a statement issued after she celebrated with dozens of elementary school students.California and Maine have made universal meals permanent, legislation to do so is advancing in Vermont, and Nevada pitched in $75 million to extend free school meals for this school year.

In Colorado, voters approved a ballot measure last fall giving school districts the opportunity to offer free lunches.Nationally, debts for unpaid school meals have been rising, indicating the need to continue providing free meals to ensure students are able to concentrate in the classroom.

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