Bill Text: IL SR0492 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Encourages schools to offer Breakfast After the Bell to students via alternative delivery methods, such as Breakfast in the Classroom, Grab n' Go, and Second Chance Breakfast.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR0492 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0492-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, More than 11% of Illinoisans struggle to provide | ||||||
3 | enough food for their families and
more than 17% of children in | ||||||
4 | the State are food insecure, meaning they do not have | ||||||
5 | consistent
access to adequate food; and
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6 | WHEREAS, There are children in every county of the State | ||||||
7 | who experience food insecurity; and
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8 | WHEREAS, No child deserves to go without food, and children | ||||||
9 | who are food insecure suffer from
increased risk of chronic | ||||||
10 | diseases, increased rates of behavioral problems, decreased | ||||||
11 | academic
achievement, and long-term social and economic | ||||||
12 | impacts; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Federal nutrition programs play a pivotal role in | ||||||
14 | helping low-income children access free,
healthy meals, | ||||||
15 | including the School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch | ||||||
16 | Program, Summer Meals
Programs, Child and Adult Care Food | ||||||
17 | Program (CACFP) Afterschool Meals Programs, the Special
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18 | Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and | ||||||
19 | Children (WIC), and the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance | ||||||
20 | Program (SNAP); and
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21 | WHEREAS, In Illinois, more than 801,000 students depend on |
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1 | a free or reduced-price school lunch, but
fewer than half of | ||||||
2 | those kids are getting a school breakfast; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Students who eat school breakfast achieve 17.5% | ||||||
4 | higher scores on standardized math
tests and attend 1.5 more | ||||||
5 | days of school each year than those who do not; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Senate Bill 2393, Breakfast After the Bell, passed | ||||||
7 | unanimously by both the Illinois Senate and House
of | ||||||
8 | Representatives in 2016; it was signed by Governor Rauner, and | ||||||
9 | will be implemented in the 2017-18 school year; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The bill will increase school breakfast | ||||||
11 | availability in hundreds of schools, where more than 70% of | ||||||
12 | students are eligible for free and reduced-priced meals; and
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13 | WHEREAS, In Illinois, for every 100 children receiving a | ||||||
14 | free or reduced-price lunch at school, only 14 are
eating a | ||||||
15 | summer meal; and
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16 | WHEREAS, In the summer of 2016, nearly 30 counties in | ||||||
17 | Illinois had zero summer meal program sites,
which meant that | ||||||
18 | families struggling with hunger who depended on school lunches | ||||||
19 | and breakfasts had
more of a struggle during the summer months; | ||||||
20 | and
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1 | WHEREAS, Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sites are an | ||||||
2 | ideal model for summer food delivery and
provide on-site adult | ||||||
3 | supervision and enrichment activities for children; however, | ||||||
4 | more SFSP sites are
needed that are open to the community; | ||||||
5 | therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we encourage schools to | ||||||
8 | offer
Breakfast After the Bell to students via alternative | ||||||
9 | delivery methods, such as Breakfast in the Classroom,
Grab n' | ||||||
10 | Go, and Second Chance Breakfast; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That we encourage elected and community leaders | ||||||
12 | around the State to do everything they
can to ensure kids have | ||||||
13 | access to summer meals in their communities; and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That we urge elected leaders to visit one summer | ||||||
15 | meals site in their local area; and be it
further
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16 | RESOLVED, That we encourage Summer Food Service Program | ||||||
17 | sites to operate as open sites to the
community so that all | ||||||
18 | children can access healthy, nutritious meals during the | ||||||
19 | summer; and be it further
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20 | RESOLVED, That we are opposed to cuts in funding to federal | ||||||
21 | food and nutrition programs for children
and families through |
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1 | the annual federal budget process or any other measures; and be | ||||||
2 | it further
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3 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
4 | delivered to the members of the Illinois
Congressional | ||||||
5 | Delegation, the President of the United States, and the United | ||||||
6 | States Secretary of
Agriculture.
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