Diaz said 121 of the district’s more than 500 schools remain eligible for the Community Eligibility Provision, so students at those schools will all qualify for free meals. At the remaining schools, students will have to fill out paperwork to qualify for free or reduced-price meals based on family income. That report estimates that a family with two children in public school that loses access to free school meals would spend about $1,890 more per year on school meals. “Schools’ ability to continue offering free school meals through community eligibility is going to decrease.” For some, there is also a negative stigma attached to receiving free meals, she said.