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Nantou raises school lunch subsidies by NT$10 per meal

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

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  • Nantou County will raise free lunch subsidies for junior high and elementary students, as well as county-run high school students, by NT$10 per meal from February.
  • The subsidy will rise to NT$65 per meal at publicly operated schools and NT$70 at public-private and outsourced-meal schools.
  • The county government said the annual budget will increase by more than NT$66 million to cover higher costs and locally sourced ingredients.

Students in Nantou County will receive more funding for their free school lunches from the next semester, with the subsidy rising by NT$10 per meal.

The county government said publicly operated schools will receive NT$65 per student per meal. Public-private schools and schools that order meals in bulk will receive NT$70.

The increase comes as food and labor costs rise. The revised funding will begin in February, when the next semester starts.

Nantou County Magistrate Hsu Shu-hua announced the change while presenting welcome gifts to new students at Puli Elementary School. She said the county would also include the cost of locally produced, traceable ingredients under Taiwan’s “three seals and one Q” food certification system.

Because the central government will no longer subsidize those ingredients, Nantou will cover the cost locally. The county’s annual free-lunch budget is therefore expected to rise from NT$414 million to NT$480 million, an increase of more than NT$66 million.

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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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