A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that providing breakfast in schools through the national school breakfast program has a positive impact on the lives and classroom performance of low-income children.
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Passed
Latest Action · March 5, 2009
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2852-2853; text as passed Senate: CR S2853; text of measure as introduced: CR S2850)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Recognizes the positive effect the National School Breakfast Program has had on children's classroom performance and the lives of low-income children and families.
Expresses strong support for states that have successfully implemented school breakfast programs and encourages all states to improve their programs.
Recognizes: (1) the importance of providing states with resources to improve the availability of adequate and nutritious breakfasts; (2) the role nonprofit and community organizations play in increasing awareness of, and access to, breakfast programs for low-income children; and (3) that National School Breakfast Week helps draw attention to the need for, and success of, the National School Breakfast Program.
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