Proposition MM: Tax hike would fund school meals, food stamps

A ballot measure passed in 2022 (Proposition FF) to fund the Healthy School Meals for All program isn’t raising enough money to cover the cost of providing every K-12 public school student in Colorado with breakfast and lunch.

Proposition MM, on the November ballot this year, aims to raise tax revenue to fully fund Healthy School Meals for All and bolster the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or food stamps, after the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress made cuts to its funding.

Under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, the state cannot raise taxes without asking voters for approval. That’s why Proposition MM is on the ballot this year after being referred to voters by Democrats at the Colorado Capitol.

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