DENVER (KDVR) — Lawmakers and advocates will introduce a invoice Wednesday to supply free, wholesome lunches to youngsters in Colorado faculties.
The “Healthy School Meals for All” bill would create a program out of the Division of Schooling to reimburse faculty meal suppliers for meals given to college students who at present don’t qualify for a federal program that gives free and reduced-price meals.
Faculties that need to take part in this system would wish to maximise the quantity of federal reimbursement and supply the division of training with annual discover that they may participate in this system.
The invoice would additionally incentivize faculties to purchase instantly from Colorado-owned meals suppliers by giving out grants.
The proposal would direct the overall meeting to put aside cash yearly for this program and embrace a certain quantity of funding for the grant program as nicely.
The invoice doesn’t specify how this system can be paid for, aside from clarifying the Division of Schooling is allowed to search for and settle for items, grants and donations from the general public or non-public sector to assist with funding.
Lawmakers are introducing the invoice with Starvation Free Colorado throughout a digital information convention at 12:15 p.m. You may watch it reside on FOX31 NOW.
