3/9/2009--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes the importance of the National School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on the lives of low-income children and fa

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3/9/2009--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes the importance of the National School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on the lives of low-income children and families, as well as its effect on helping to improve a child's overall classroom performance. Expresses the support of the House of Representatives for states that have successfully implemented school breakfast programs in order to improve the test scores and grades of their participating students. Encourages states to:
(1) strengthen their school breakfast programs by improving student access;
(2) promote improvements in the nutritional quality of breakfasts served; and
(3) inform students and parents of healthy nutritional and lifestyle choices. Recognizes:
(1) the importance of providing states with resources to improve the availability of adequate and nutritious breakfasts;
(2) the role nonprofit and community organizations play in increasing awareness of, and access to, breakfast programs for low-income children; and
(3) that National School Breakfast Week helps draw attention to the need for, and success of, the National School Breakfast Program.

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