This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.

DENVER | Colorado voters are set to consider two ballot measures this year to help fund free school meals. But state lawmakers now want one of the measures to also cover the costs of federal food benefits that have been cut.

State lawmakers initially put Proposition MM on the ballot to ensure the state’s two-year-old Healthy School Meals for All program, which provides free school meals to all Colorado students, has enough money to operate.

Proposition MM, one of the two November ballot measures, would raise an additional $95 million annually by increasing income taxes on households earning $300,000 or more annually. An estimated 200,000 tax filers, or about 6% of filers in Colorado, would be affected, according to the measure.

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