The council will use £300,000 of reserves to cancel the debt of parents behind with payments.
Glasgow City Council has unanimously voted in favour of scrapping school meal debt in the city's schools.The move, which will cost an estimated £300,000, will be covered by council reserves.
Ms Cannon said the move would be especially helpful for families who may not be eligible for free meals but are "just coping". "The stark reality is that children and young people are coming to school or going to bed hungry - pupils told us this in our recent health and wellbeing survey and in 2023 no child or young person will go hungry in our schools," Ms Cannon added
As well as wiping of the current debt, councillors are asking for an update to school meal debt policy in the city which will ensure no child is turned away if they do not have the means to pay for a school meal.In 2019, there were more than 41,000 pupils attending primary schools in the city.
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