BILL NUMBER:  AB 2395
  VETOED	DATE: 09/26/2002




SEP 26, 2002

To Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2395 without my signature.

This bill would require a school district that (1) hasn't met its
Academic Performance Index (API) growth target, (2) has an API rating
at or below 700, (3) has 20% or more low income students and (4)
doesn't offer breakfast through the federal school breakfast program,
to hold a public hearing at a regularly scheduled meeting to discuss
student nutritional needs, the impact of poor nutrition on
scholastic achievement and the cost of starting a federal School
Breakfast Program, potentially with in existing resources.  The bill
also requires the Department of Education to give priority in any
start-up grants for a school breakfast program to these same schools.


I strongly support the school breakfast program which is currently
targeted towards low-income students.  Start-up funds for good
nutritional breakfast should be made available to schools based on
the need of their students, not academic performance measures.  I'd
be pleased to revisit a way to maximize participation by low-income
students in the federal school breakfast program unrelated to API
scores.

For this reason I cannot sign AB 2395.

Sincerely,



GRAY DAVIS