No Such Thing as a Free Lunch? A Three Part Analysis of Free School Meal Programs Under the Community Eligibility Provision

• Main Author: Davis, Rebecca
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Breakfast Programs; Cognitive Development; Education Policy; Educational Change; Federal Programs; Lunch Programs; Outcomes of Education; Sociology; Student Participation; Urban Schools

Traditional federal school meals help mitigate food insecurity among students (Hinrichs, 2010) but do not fully eliminate it. The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a federal attempt to expand access to school meals in areas of targeted need. Schools that opt into CEP offer meals at no cost to...