Sadly, this is a better comparison than you probably intended, because access to school lunch is still not universal in the US.

If a child cannot pay, there are some districts that serve cheaper alternative meals that don't meet the normal lunch standards, some that shame children by giving them hand stamps, and even some that will literally dump their tray in the trash.

Fair enough. I imagine it's probably not hard to guess that I would similarly be in favor of fixing that!