Proposal seeks free student breakfast
Bangor Daily News, January 22, 2008
(excerpt) A free, nutritious breakfast would be provided for public school students under the provisions of a bill scheduled for a public hearing this afternoon in Augusta. The measure would require the state to pay at least part of the cost of a healthful school breakfast for any student who qualifies for a free or reduced-price lunch.
The proposal comes with a price tag of more than $1.4 million to be paid out of the Fund for a Healthy Maine, which receives about $50 million each year from the cigarette industry to be spent on public health interventions.
(excerpt) A free, nutritious breakfast would be provided for public school students under the provisions of a bill scheduled for a public hearing this afternoon in Augusta. The measure would require the state to pay at least part of the cost of a healthful school breakfast for any student who qualifies for a free or reduced-price lunch.
The proposal comes with a price tag of more than $1.4 million to be paid out of the Fund for a Healthy Maine, which receives about $50 million each year from the cigarette industry to be spent on public health interventions.
1 Comments:
Everyone knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so how about this idea;let's give every man, woman and child free breakfast! It'll be good for the local economy, with anyone who's income qualified being entitled to that breakfast sandwich, breakfast pizza, or old fashioned donut and milk. I'm sure the convenience stores would appreciate the economic stimulus too.
Heck, pass a law that requires employers to provide paid time off for breakfast too while you're at it. Let's get this country moving again.
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