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THIRD READING
Bill No: AJR 31
Author: Skinner (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 67-2, 4/1/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Child nutrition programs: school meals
SOURCE : California School Nutrition Association
DIGEST : This resolution supports federal standards for
healthy meals, including those standards recently adopted
pursuant to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010; urges the
President and Congress of the United States to ensure that
reimbursement rates are adequate to fully fund the cost of
producing a nutritious school meal relative to the cost of
living in the region; and, resolves that the eligibility scale
used to qualify families for free and reduced-price meals be
adjusted according to the self-sufficiency index for the region
served.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.Importance of all of California's more than six million pupils
to have access to high-quality, safe, nutritious meals
available in a school setting, recognizing the link between
adequate nourishment and educational performance.
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2.Recent changes in federal menu planning regulations resulting
from the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 that
have increased costs so that they now exceed the additional
reimbursements provided for school meals.
3.Higher federal reimbursement rates for Alaska and Hawaii
approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in recognition
of the higher cost of living in those states.
4.Lack of an eligibility scale to qualify pupils for free or
reduced-price meals that takes into consideration regions
throughout the country with higher costs of living.
This resolution supports federal standards for healthy meals,
including those standards recently adopted pursuant to the
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010; urges the President and
Congress of the United States to ensure that reimbursement rates
are adequate to fully fund the cost of producing a nutritious
school meal relative to the cost of living in the region; and,
resolves that the eligibility scale used to qualify families for
free and reduced-price meals be adjusted according to the
self-sufficiency index for the region served.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 4/10/14)
California School Nutrition Association (source)
California State PTA
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 67-2, 4/1/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Atkins, Bloom, Bocanegra,
Bonilla, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos,
Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly,
Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez,
Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,
Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A.
P�rez
NOES: Donnelly, Grove
NO VOTE RECORDED: Allen, Bigelow, Bonta, Beth Gaines, Gorell,
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Harkey, Jones, Logue, Mansoor, Morrell, Patterson
PQ:e 4/16/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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