Free- and reduced-price lunch, used for decades to set school funding levels and track other accountability measures, no longer serves as an accurate proxy for student poverty, researchers say.

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President's budget request includes $1 billion in funding for school counselors and mental health professionals. The administration proposed similar funding in 2022 but it was cut from the final spending package.

The new law will apply to students entering ninth grade in the 2023-2024 school year, and require that they take a half-credit course in personal finance before they graduate.