The Floyd lunch program incorporates local food producers to benefit area businesses and feed children for free.

Virginia lawmakers are considering a bill that could provide free school meals to all public school children not just the ones that meet the income requirements.

Lynchburg City Schools wants to make sure all students are fed this year.

The schools are offering their students something a lot of people will be grateful for: free lunches.

FLOYD COUNTY, Va. – Students in Floyd County returned to the classroom for the first day of school on Tuesday. With the new school year comes a new program providing free meals for every student in the county. “Access to food is an emergency service that every community has to have, and here in Floyd we are the emergency food provider at our five schools,” Floyd County Schools Superintendent John Wheeler said. Parents and their students don’t have to fill out any forms in order to participate, and students can get free breakfast and lunch every day for the year. For the latest on Floyd County Public Schools’ reopening plan, click here.

A cash-strapped school district in Pennsylvania's coal country has reversed course on its controversial approach to settling the lunch debt of several students. (CNN) - A cash-strapped school district in Pennsylvania's coal country has reversed course on its controversial approach to settling the lunch debt of several students. The Wyoming Valley West School District issued an online apology Wednesday for sending letters to parents earlier this month that threatened to put children in foster care if lunch money debts were not paid. The school district received about 100 additional offers from donors all over the country, school board officials told WNEP at the time. All federal and state regulations were followed, the school board stated: "It wasn't the intention of the district to harm or inconvenience any of the families of our school district."