Three years ago, Colorado voters overwhelmingly said yes to raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for free school meals for all.

Every eligible school district signed up for the program and students ate 25 million more school meals than the year before. But food prices continued to rise across the country and state officials quickly realized: The program needed a lot more money.

The rising price tag — $50 million above estimates in each of its first two years — puts the program, known as Healthy School Meals for All, at a crossroads.

Propositions LL and MM, on the ballot in November’s election, will determine the future of the universal school meals program.

Yes on both, and it continues on, with enough money to fulfill all its initial promises, advocates said. LL allows the state to kee

See Full Page