California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Saturday that assures all California public school students a state-funded meal regardless of whether they have unpaid meal fees or not.
"It's preventing lunch shaming," Kummer said.
One student helped raise awareness about the problem of lunch shaming before the bill was signed, Kummer noted.
"A nine year old boy in Napa County saved up all his money and used it to pay off his 3rd grade classes lunch debt," he said.
Bills like this need to become national policy, Kummer added. "The appropriate solution is universal free lunch in public school systems," he said.
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