As reported by K-12 Dive, as per a November 4, 2025 vote, all Colorado public school students will continue to have access to free school meals after 58% of voters approved Proposition MM, which will raise state income taxes by $486 for those earning an annual income of $300,000 or more per year. This will provide an expected additional $95 million in annual revenue for the state to continue funding its universal school meals program that was approved by voters in 2022.
In addition, 65% of Colorado voters approved Proposition LL, which will allow the state to keep and spend $12.4 million in revenue already collected from those making over $300,000 annually for universal school meals.
If two referendums on funding for the program had not passed, only qualifying low-income students would have received free meals in 2026. Around 1.4 million Coloradans voted on the two measures.