State Superintendent Ryan Walters is continuing to push for all school districts to pay for students' meals. The question districts have had all week is, where will they find the money to do this? Walters sent an email to Oklahoma parents saying multiple districts have a surplus in their budget that should pay for lunches.

A fact check of Ryan Walters’ school lunch mandate reveals several misleading claims about district budgets, with school leaders disputing his figures and warning that the unfunded directive could lead to cuts in staff and programs.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters is facing backlash for what critics call an unenforceable political stunt—demanding school districts provide every student free lunch without giving them a single extra dollar to pay for it,