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Michigan Universal School Meals

Statewide free meals lifted participation and cut stigma.

EducationGovernor / ExecutiveLiberty checkEvidence favors the policy

B · 18/24

1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)

Feed every student to aid learning and dignity.

2 · The realist counter-case

Critics cite cost durability.

3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats

Breakfast +26%, lunch +20%, CEP +44%, ~$850/child saved (SY2023-24).

4 · Liberty check

Freedom from hunger vs. recurring cost.

5 · The real tradeoff

Favors the policy; fund it durably.

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