Ohio
Ohio schools serve more breakfasts in 2023-2024, state report shows
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio schools recorded a slight uptick in the number of breakfast meals served to students last school year, though a recent state report says they aren’t serving as much as they did during the pandemic.
The report shows that 3,253 Ohio public, private and charter schools served an average of 452,644 breakfasts a day to students during the 2023-2024 school year, an increase from the previous year.
For comparison, during the 2022-2023 school year, 423,072 breakfasts were served on an average day at 3,257 schools.
The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce school breakfast report said that schools offered no-cost breakfasts during the pandemic to all students under the Seamless Summer Option, and the average number of meals served was higher than normal. The pandemic meal programs ended at the start of the 2022-2023 school year.
In the 2021-2022 school year, 3,249 schools served kids 541,710 breakfasts.
The old adage that breakfast is the most important meal of the day may still be true: Research shows that the School Breakfast Program can help students perform better in class and become more willing to participate and make better behavior choices because they’re not hungry.
For families on tight morning schedules or tight budgets, the program has been shown to provide children diets that meet or exceed standards for important vitamins and minerals compared with those who don’t eat school breakfast or eat it at home.
The report comes as anti-hunger advocates ask state lawmakers, who are working on the two-year state operations budget, to make school meals free for everyone.
A bipartisan bill in the Ohio Senate, sponsored by Sens. Louis “Bill” Blessing, a Cincinnati- area Republican, and Kent Smith, a Euclid Democrat, would make breakfast and lunch free for all students.
Separate data published by DEW shows that a slight majority of students qualified for free or reduced meals: 56.4% in 2023-2024 and 52.1% in 2022-2023.
Schools are allowed to set their own breakfast prices, as there is no standardized rate, said Lacey Snoke, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture pays between 39 cents to $2.84 a breakfast, depending on the child’s family income level. The state pays 30 cents for every breakfast, Snoke said.
Schools must operate self-sustained operations, using the state and federal reimbursements, Snoke said.
“If they don’t cover their costs, then the school must allocate funds from other sources to cover the costs,” she said.
So what does a school breakfast look like? It can be a full cup of fruit or vegetables, a small carton of milk and an item containing grains and protein, such as a breakfast sandwich.
Breakfast menus may offer items such as eggs, nuts, or meats to pair with whole-grain option, according to the USDA.
All public, charter and private schools can choose to participate in the School Breakfast Program, Snoke said.
“As it is a federal program, all participating schools (including nonpublic) follow the same rules and requirements,” she said.
Many preschools, child care centers and after-school programs offer meals and snacks, including breakfast, through the Child and Adult Care Food Program, which Ohio DEW administers for the USDA. The income criteria are the same but the reimbursement rates are slightly different, Snoke said.
Most schools serve breakfast in the cafeteria before the school day begins. Some serve it in the classroom for students to eat before or during their first-class period. Other schools set up boxed or bagged breakfasts in the hallway for students to pick up on their way to class, the report stated.
Laura Hancock covers state government and politics for The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com.
Another state is jumping into the fray to put the brakes on non-domiciled CDLs, with roughly 5,000 commercial drivers in Ohio facing the potential of having their licenses downgraded.
On Friday, May 29, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles announced it would be contacting approximately 5,000 non-domiciled CDL holders to verify the status of their credentials under updated rules from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
According to the Bureau, non-domiciled license holders in the state will receive one of two notices, depending on the type of documentation they initially used to obtain their CDL.
For drivers whose documentation meets current FMCSA standards, their licenses will remain valid until their expiration date. For those who do not meet current standards, the process is a bit more complicated.
As for CDL holders whose original documents do not meet current FMCSA guidelines, they will receive a notice of downgrade, and their CDLs will be downgraded to a Class D license 30 days after receiving the notice.
Drivers who receive a downgrade notice can request a hearing with the BMV to dispute the downgrade, and can provide additional documentation to prove their eligibility. According to the Bureau, those documents include:
- An unexpired Employment Authorization Document issued by USCIS, valid on the most recent CDL/CLP issuance date
- An unexpired foreign passport with an unexpired USCIS I‑94 form, both of which must be valid on your most recent CDL/CLP issuance date
Officials said the Ohio BMV has not issued or renewed any non-domiciled CDLs since FMCSA put new standards in place in 2025, and that it does not intend to resume issuing non-domiciled CDLs in the future. Additionally, the BMV will not renew revalidated non-domiciled CDLs after they expire.
All notices will be sent by mail to the address listed on file with the Ohio BMV. The Bureau emphasized that the reverification process does not apply to full CDL holders or CDL holders with legally established permanent residence. LL
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A Central Ohio family has filed a lawsuit against a Hilliard funeral home after their mother was accidentally cremated, despite plans for her to be buried.
According to court documents, Tidd Funeral Home cremated Nancy Anders in June of last year against the family’s wishes. The lawsuit states Anders died a week earlier in May.
The family says Anders had planned and prepaid for funeral arrangements two years before her death to be buried with her late husband. The arrangements did not include cremation because, the family says, she did not believe in the concept.
The lawsuit says the family was told a week after her death that she had been accidentally cremated. It also accuses Tidd Funeral Home of cremating her even though the proper authorization form was never signed.
The family says they have suffered physical illness and emotional trauma and are seeking $25,000 in damages. They are also asking for the case to be decided by a jury.
ABC 6 reached out to the funeral home for comment but had not heard back.
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