Thousands of public school students from low-income families will get free school lunches over the next two school years, while new rules also will go into effect designed to reduce cancellations of school bus routes that occurred in each of the past two school years.

And statewide boys and girls surfing teams will be created, perhaps beginning next school year.

The bills passed by the Legislature were signed into law Friday during a ceremony at the governor’s mansion, Washington Place.

Two other bills that Gov. Josh Green signed into law are designed to resolve differences in how locally produced food gets to public schools, youth campuses, public hospitals and prisons; and another requires the University of Hawaii to charge resident tuition for anyone who graduated from a Hawaii high

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