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Did Sean McCann help make school breakfast and lunch free for all K-12 students?

Matches stated record claim. He voted for the 2023-24 school aid budget, which pays schools that opt in to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to every pupil, pre-K to 12.

Sean McCann

Free school meals for every student

Matches stated record claim

What they say

He says he helped make free school breakfast and lunch available to every K-12 student.

“make free school breakfasts and lunch available to all K-12 students”

What the record shows ·

He voted for the final 2023-24 school aid budget, Senate Bill 173, on June 28, 2023 (29-8). As Public Act 103 of 2023, its section 30d pays schools to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to every pupil, pre-K to 12.

Limit: This checks the 2023 budget only; later budgets were not read. Schools must opt in and take part in the federal school lunch program. The other items in the same sentence (teachers, social workers, pre-K) were not checked.

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  1. Sean's Plan for Michiganhttps://seanmccannforcongress.com/issues/

    Sean McCann for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. His issue positions and the claims about his own legislative record that the cards test. The page carries no date.

    candidate statement

    For: Did Sean McCann help make school breakfast and lunch free for all K-12 students?

  2. Journal of the Senate, June 28, 2023 (No. 63) (document)

    Michigan Senate · Published Jun 28, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Conference reports on House Bill 4437 (roll call 445) and Senate Bill 173 (roll call 446). McCann signs the House Bill 4437 report as a Senate conferee; the third named conferee, Bumstead, did not sign.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Sean McCann help make school breakfast and lunch free for all K-12 students?

  3. Senate Bill 173 of 2023 (Public Act 103 of 2023)https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0173

    Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Bill history: the Senate adopted the conference report June 28, 2023 (roll call 446, 29-8); signed July 20, 2023.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Sean McCann help make school breakfast and lunch free for all K-12 students?

  4. Public Act 103 of 2023 (document)

    Michigan Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted 2023-24 school aid budget. Section 30d pays schools that serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all students, pre-K to 12.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Sean McCann help make school breakfast and lunch free for all K-12 students?