Starting in the 2027-2028 school year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will prohibit processing fees for students ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that students eligible for free or reduced price school meals cannot be charged ...

School districts currently work with processing ... by the USDA follows a CFPB report that found online school meal payments ...

The policy, announced by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Nov. 1 , aims to lower costs for those who make roughly $57,720 or less as a family of four. Officials estimate that the decision ...

Starting in the 2027-28 school ... the USDA noted, students eligible for reduced-price meals cannot be charged more than 30 cents for breakfast and 40 cents for lunch. With processing fees ...

The USDA announced a new rule that bans schools from charging ... Junk fees are processing fees from third-party vendors when parents put money in their lunch accounts online.

But the companies can charge "processing ... by the USDA follows a CFPB report that found online school meal payments predominantly affect low-income families. School lunch fees collectively ...

Changes are coming to school lunch programs that could benefit many families in Missoula. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a plan to ban lunch processing fees for low-income ...