Enrolled June 19, 2020 Passed IN Senate June 18, 2020 Passed IN Assembly March 02, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 178Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Calderon, Carrillo, Chau, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Megan Dahle, Daly, Diep, Flora, Friedman, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gonzalez, Gray, Grayson, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Limn, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, ODonnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Salas, Mark Stone, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wicks, and Wood)February 25, 2020 Relative to School Breakfast Week. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 178, Blanca Rubio. School Breakfast Week. This measure would proclaim March 2, 2020, to March 6, 2020, inclusive, as School Breakfast Week. Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO Bill TextWHEREAS, Nearly one in five California children live in food insecure households, meaning they do not have consistent access to adequate food; andWHEREAS, California ranks 33rd in the nation in school breakfast participation, and only 38 percent of pupils who qualify for free or reduced-price school meals are eating school breakfast; andWHEREAS, More than 58 percent of California public school pupils qualify for free or reduced-price school meals, yet many of those low-income pupils are not eating the nutritious school breakfast offered due to barriers such as social stigma, late buses or carpools, long cafeteria lines, and tight class schedules; andWHEREAS, Eating breakfast as part of the schoolday is associated with positive pupil behavioral health and academic performances, such as better test score results, improved concentration in class, lower rates of chronic absenteeism, fewer classroom disruptions, and less frequent visits to the school nurse; andWHEREAS, Breakfast After the Bell programs, such as breakfast in the classroom, grab and go breakfast, and second chance breakfast, are proven meal delivery methods that boost school breakfast participation and related positive outcomes; andWHEREAS, School breakfast participation is associated with a lower body mass index, which is an indicator of sustainable body fat, lower probability of being overweight, and lower probability of obesity; andWHEREAS, States across the nation have introduced legislation to require that schools with a high percentage of pupils who are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals implement a Breakfast After the Bell program; andWHEREAS, If California schools increased school breakfast participation such that 70 percent of the pupils who eat free or reduced-price lunch also participated in their schools breakfast program, an additional 335,160 pupils would receive breakfast every day and school districts would receive more than $100,000,000 in federal meal reimbursements for their school nutrition budgets; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims March 2, 2020, to March 6, 2020, inclusive, as School Breakfast Week; and be it furtherResolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
Enrolled June 19, 2020 Passed IN Senate June 18, 2020 Passed IN Assembly March 02, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 178Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Calderon, Carrillo, Chau, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Megan Dahle, Daly, Diep, Flora, Friedman, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gonzalez, Gray, Grayson, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Limn, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, ODonnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Salas, Mark Stone, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wicks, and Wood)February 25, 2020 Relative to School Breakfast Week. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 178, Blanca Rubio. School Breakfast Week. This measure would proclaim March 2, 2020, to March 6, 2020, inclusive, as School Breakfast Week. Digest Key Fiscal Committee: NO
Enrolled June 19, 2020 Passed IN Senate June 18, 2020 Passed IN Assembly March 02, 2020
Enrolled June 19, 2020
Passed IN Senate June 18, 2020
Passed IN Assembly March 02, 2020
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 178
Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Calderon, Carrillo, Chau, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Megan Dahle, Daly, Diep, Flora, Friedman, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gonzalez, Gray, Grayson, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Limn, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, ODonnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Salas, Mark Stone, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wicks, and Wood)February 25, 2020
Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Boerner Horvath, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Calderon, Carrillo, Chau, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Megan Dahle, Daly, Diep, Flora, Friedman, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gonzalez, Gray, Grayson, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Limn, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, ODonnell, Patterson, Petrie-Norris, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Luz Rivas, Robert Rivas, Rodriguez, Salas, Mark Stone, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wicks, and Wood)
February 25, 2020
Relative to School Breakfast Week.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 178, Blanca Rubio. School Breakfast Week.
This measure would proclaim March 2, 2020, to March 6, 2020, inclusive, as School Breakfast Week.
This measure would proclaim March 2, 2020, to March 6, 2020, inclusive, as School Breakfast Week.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
WHEREAS, Nearly one in five California children live in food insecure households, meaning they do not have consistent access to adequate food; and
WHEREAS, California ranks 33rd in the nation in school breakfast participation, and only 38 percent of pupils who qualify for free or reduced-price school meals are eating school breakfast; and
WHEREAS, More than 58 percent of California public school pupils qualify for free or reduced-price school meals, yet many of those low-income pupils are not eating the nutritious school breakfast offered due to barriers such as social stigma, late buses or carpools, long cafeteria lines, and tight class schedules; and
WHEREAS, Eating breakfast as part of the schoolday is associated with positive pupil behavioral health and academic performances, such as better test score results, improved concentration in class, lower rates of chronic absenteeism, fewer classroom disruptions, and less frequent visits to the school nurse; and
WHEREAS, Breakfast After the Bell programs, such as breakfast in the classroom, grab and go breakfast, and second chance breakfast, are proven meal delivery methods that boost school breakfast participation and related positive outcomes; and
WHEREAS, School breakfast participation is associated with a lower body mass index, which is an indicator of sustainable body fat, lower probability of being overweight, and lower probability of obesity; and
WHEREAS, States across the nation have introduced legislation to require that schools with a high percentage of pupils who are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals implement a Breakfast After the Bell program; and
WHEREAS, If California schools increased school breakfast participation such that 70 percent of the pupils who eat free or reduced-price lunch also participated in their schools breakfast program, an additional 335,160 pupils would receive breakfast every day and school districts would receive more than $100,000,000 in federal meal reimbursements for their school nutrition budgets; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims March 2, 2020, to March 6, 2020, inclusive, as School Breakfast Week; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.