Full Text of SR0339 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, More than 15% of Illinoisans struggle to provide | 3 | | enough food for their families and more than 22% of Illinois | 4 | | children are food-insecure, meaning they do not have consistent | 5 | | access to adequate food; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In the 2013-2014 school year, Illinois:
(1) | 7 | | dropped from 36th to 40th in the nation in school breakfast | 8 | | participation;
(2) provided only 36.2% of Free and Reduced | 9 | | price eligible children with federally funded school | 10 | | breakfasts;
(3) left $90.4 million in unclaimed federal funding | 11 | | for school breakfasts;
and (4) achieved school breakfast | 12 | | participation rates of 70% or higher in only 4 of the 100 | 13 | | largest school districts; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Children in food-insecure households are less | 15 | | likely to have access to nutritious food that supplies the | 16 | | nutrients required for healthy brain development; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Low-income children who eat school breakfasts | 18 | | have better overall diet quality than those who eat breakfast | 19 | | elsewhere or skip breakfast; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, School breakfast participation is associated with | 21 | | a lower body mass index (BMI, an indicator of excess body fat), |
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| 1 | | lower probability of being overweight, and lower probability of | 2 | | obesity; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Eating breakfast at school is associated with | 4 | | positive behavioral outcomes, such as lower rates of chronic | 5 | | absenteeism, fewer classroom disruptions, and less-frequent | 6 | | visits to the nurse; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Alternative breakfast models, such as Breakfast | 8 | | in the Classroom or Grab N' Go breakfast, are proven models to | 9 | | boost school breakfast participation and related positive | 10 | | outcomes; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, States across the nation have introduced | 12 | | legislation requiring schools with high Free and Reduced Price | 13 | | eligibility to provide an alternative model breakfast service; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The 1,376 schools throughout Illinois with 70% or | 16 | | higher Free and Reduced price eligibility provided breakfast to | 17 | | only 45% of eligible students in the 2013-14 school year; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, If all Illinois schools with at least 70% Free and | 19 | | Reduced Price eligibility implemented alternative breakfast | 20 | | models and increased school breakfast participation to 70% of | 21 | | their students, an additional 106,726 students would receive |
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| 1 | | breakfast every day; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we encourage schools | 4 | | participating in the School Breakfast Program, and schools with | 5 | | 70% or higher Free and Reduced Price meal eligibility in | 6 | | particular, to utilize alternative delivery models such as | 7 | | Breakfast in the Classroom and Grab N' Go to provide | 8 | | alternative breakfast models to all students at no cost; and be | 9 | | it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That we acknowledge the importance of increasing | 11 | | participation in school breakfast in Illinois schools and | 12 | | recognize that establishing State requirements for schools to | 13 | | participate in alternative breakfast models are the most | 14 | | effective means to increase school breakfast participation; | 15 | | and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Commission to End Hunger's No | 17 | | Kid Hungry Working Group shall provide the General Assembly | 18 | | with a report showing the impact of providing alternative | 19 | | breakfast models at all schools with an emphasis on schools | 20 | | that have 70% or high Free and Reduced Price eligibility by | 21 | | November 4, 2015; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to: |
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| 1 | | the co-chairs of the Illinois Commission to End Hunger; the | 2 | | Governor; and the State Superintendent of Education.
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