The Juneau School District Board of Education greenlit bringing back the district’s universal free breakfast program this week.

The school board unanimously approved reinstating the program a little over a month after the Alaska Legislature restored state education funding previously vetoed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The district received more than $1.5 million in additional funding. It’s putting $230,000 of that toward universal free breakfast this school year.

The district is hoping to keep program costs down by encouraging families to apply for free and reduced lunch. That’s a federal program that reimburses schools for providing free meals to qualifying students. Juneau School District Chief Financial Officer Nicole Herbert said there’s still an incentive to apply, even if univers

See Full Page