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Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly and other officials toured the canteen facility at UCCI as part of planning for the continued rollout of the school meals programme.
Department of Education Services Director Mark Ray discusses the government’s free laptops initiative and free meals programme in public schools, tackling student learning loss, and more.
The second phase of the government’s school meals programme begins Monday, 21 March, extending free meals to public high school students.
The PACT government estimates it will spend more than $25 million on the free school meals programme from Sept. 2021 through Dec. 2023.
The government anticipates spending about $16 million per year to provide school meals to 5,200 students, an 11% increase in public school enrolment.