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Bill would require ‘breakfast after the bell’ at more schools [EdSource.org]

Jane Stevens 3/4/1511:14 AM

Taking aim at the effect of hunger on students’ ability to learn, two California legislators announced Tuesday a bill that would require more schools to provide breakfast after the start of school.

The proposed legislation would revamp the way many schools operate the federal School Breakfast Program, widely regarded as an underutilized source of nutrition for hungry students. Districts are also aware that under-enrollment in the school breakfast program has left millions of dollars on the table in federal meal reimbursements for low-income students.

Nationwide, about half the number of students who receive free and reduced-price lunches eat school breakfast, and researchers say the main obstacle is that students must arrive 30 minutes or more early to eat breakfast in the cafeteria.

To read the rest of this story by Jane Meredith Adams, go to http://edsource.org/2015/bill-...s/75682#.VPdYmnaVlc9

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