Ken,Ken wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:32 pm This is the formula for free and reduced lunch eligibility that the USDA just published for NEXT YEAR. Straight from the USDA web site: https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/fr-022024
That is as up to date as it is possible to be. That is for the 2024-2025 school year which hasn't even happened yet. The actual Federal Register notice announcing next year's thresholds was published February 20, 2024 which is less than a month ago and they only publish them once a year: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR- ... -03355.pdf
It is IDENTICAL to the formula that has been in place since at least 1995 (Clinton's first term in office) and probably long before. Go ahead and compare them. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR- ... 5-5633.htm
You must be reading some sort of right-wing misinformation off Twitter or something, if you think it is otherwise.
My information and experience isn't based on quick Google searches, but rather was based on being involved in a program that relied on grants based on school-lunch eligibility. There are myriads of carveouts and exceptions and state or local level changes to the eligibility criteria.