For the second year in a row, legislation mandating schools
in high poverty areas to offer a healthy breakfast to hungry children has
stalled in the legislature. Last year, the bill came very close, but was
unable to make the final hurdle. The same thing happened again this year,
only this time, the House and Governor's budget actually funded the issue in a
line item only to have the Senate version fall short.
Although it appears to have
bipartisan support in the Senate, the line item did
not appear in the Senate version of the budget and the bill died in the Senate
Education Committee. The PTA will continue to push for the bill,
especially if we go into legislative overtime due to the budget.
The outlook for Social and Emotional Learning is brighter,
having been funded in all three budgets and the bill continuing to move forward
in the House. It will need to be passed off the floor of the House this
week in order to stay alive in the process. However, the bill is determined
to be necessary to implement the budget and may be exempt from cut-off rules. We may still need your help, so watch your inbox for a possible action
alert mid-week.
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