Boy Who Fought 'Lunch-Shaming' Visits Rhode Island

(Providence, RI)--A boy who made headlines earlier this year for paying off the lunch debts of his classmates visited Rhode Island last week.According to a State House press release, ten-year-old Ryan Kyote of Napa, California met with state Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell on Friday in support of her bill for universal free school lunch.The issue of outstanding student school lunch debt, known as "lunch-shaming", popped up in Rhode Island this year, in the city of Warwick, which drew national attention.Ranglin-Vassell says she plans on re-introducing the bill to address the issue in the upcoming legislative session.


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