State Senators Pushing for School Lunch Funding

1i31/2011

Members of the Senate Majority continue to push for state funding for free and reduce price breakfasts and lunches. Last week, Senate Bill 3 was heard in front of the Senate Education Committee. Senator Bill Wielechowski of Anchorage is a sponsor of the bill. He explained that Alaska is one of 12 states that doesn’t provide a state match to the Federal Free and Reduced Price School Breakfast and Lunch Program. This bill would provide that match…

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He said this bill would cost the state money in the short term, but according to Wielechowski it would benefit the state in the long term. A staff member from his office told the committee that this would improve school performance and reduce obesity among children. The bill has been endorsed by most of the school districts across the state, including the Kenai Peninsula School District.