§ 49490. — 49490. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

California § 49490.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code EDC: Education Code - EDC
• Div.: 4.
• Title 2.: DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES
• Part 27.: PART 27. PUPILS
• Ch. 9.: CHAPTER 9. Pupil and Personnel Health
• Art. 7.: ARTICLE 7. School Breakfast and Lunch Program

Text

The Legislature finds and declares that hunger and malnutrition among children from low-income families constitute one of the most critical child health problems in the state; that federal programs to meet child nutrition needs are providing nourishing meals to thousands of the state’s poverty area children who previously could not participate in school lunch programs; that federal funds allocated for child nutrition to California are inadequate to meet critical needs; that the state and local communities bear a responsibility towards meeting these needs; and that the physical well-being of all of the children of the state is a matter of public concern and expenditures to secure such well-being serves a public purpose.

Legislative History

Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.