Vermont Senate Votes Unanimously to Give Preliminary Approval to Universal School Breakfast Bill, Commits to Path to Providing Universal School Meals
Bill Would Make Green Mountain State the First in the Nation to Offer Breakfast to All School Children
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BURLINGTON, Vt., April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/
The Vermont Senate today unanimously gave preliminary approval to a bill that would bring Universal School Breakfast to all Vermont schools by 2022. The bill (S.100) would make Vermont the first state in the nation to provide breakfast free of charge to all public school students every school day. The Senate is expected to give final approval to the bill on Friday, and then it will move to the House for consideration.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a new effort Monday to feed millions of children this summer, when free school meals traditionally reach just a small minority of the kids who rely on them the rest of the year. The move expands what s known as the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer, or P-EBT, program into the summer months, and USDA estimates it will reach more than 30 million children. If children and children s learning and children s health is a priority for us in this country, then we need to fund our priorities, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a Monday interview with NPR s
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a new effort Monday to feed millions of children this summer, when free school meals traditionally reach just a small minority of the kids who rely on them the rest of the year. The move expands what s known as the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer, or P-EBT, program into the summer months, and USDA estimates it will reach more than 30 million children. If children and children s learning and children s health is a priority for us in this country, then we need to fund our priorities, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a Monday interview with NPR s All Things Considered. I think it s an important day.
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