The USDA set a rule banning schools from charging processing fees on school lunch accounts for low-income families. The rule ...

School districts currently work with processing ... by the USDA follows a CFPB report that found online school meal payments predominantly affect low-income families. School lunch fees ...

In Wood's case, she researched the fees and learned about the USDA requirement ... for universal free school lunches in the state, but she continues to protest school processing fees for families.