Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that providing breakfast in schools through the National School Breakfast Program has a positive impact on classroom performance.

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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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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 9 March 2009

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 9 March 2009

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• Passed House without amendment

  summary · EN · 9 March 2009

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 4 March 2009

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 4 March 2009

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• Introduced in House

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