Families on reduced-price lunches, earning less than $32,000 per year, pay as much as 60 cents in fees for every $1 spent on lunch, regulators found.

Families on reduced-price lunches, earning less than $32,000 per year for a family of four, pay as much as 60 cents in fees ...

Back to School: Breakfast and lunch solutions 04:52. In Wood's case, she researched the fees and learned about the USDA requirement to offer fee-free payment by cash or by check.

In the digital age, paying bills can be as easy as clicking a button. But when parents pay schools for their students’ meals and field trips, they often have to shell out for extra fees—as ...

Among the flood of back-to-school notices from Seattle Public Schools this year, one caught the eye of Fremont parent Dan Helfman: “Transaction Fees for SchoolPay.” Starting in 2024-25, the ...