IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 153 
To express the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the school 
breakfast program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2011 
Ms. MOORE (for herself, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. CONYERS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FILNER, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. PINGREE 
of Maine, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. ROTH-
MAN of New Jersey, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. SPEIER, 
Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
To express the sense of the House of Representatives 
regarding the school breakfast program. 
Whereas participants in the school breakfast program estab-
lished by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1773) include public, private, elementary, 
middle, and high schools, as well as rural, suburban, and 
urban schools; 
Whereas in each of the school years beginning July 1, 2008, 
and July 1, 2009, 86.3 percent of schools that partici-
pated in the school lunch program established under the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
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U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) also participated in the school 
breakfast program; 
Whereas in each of the school years beginning July 1, 2008, 
and July 1, 2009, approximately 10,800,000 students in 
more than 86,000 schools participated in the school 
breakfast program on a typical day; 
Whereas in fiscal year 2009, approximately 9,100,000 low-in-
come children in the United States consumed free or re-
duced price school breakfasts on an average school day; 
Whereas for every 100 children receiving free and reduced 
price lunches, approximately 47 children receive free and 
reduced price breakfasts; 
Whereas in each of the school years beginning July 1, 2008, 
and July 1, 2009, less than half of eligible low-income 
children received breakfasts at school each day; 
Whereas in fiscal year 2009, 62 percent of school lunches 
served, and 81 percent of school breakfasts served, were 
served to students who qualified for free or reduced 
priced meals; 
Whereas the current economic situation (including the in-
crease in families living below the poverty line) is causing 
more families to struggle to feed their children and to 
turn to schools for assistance; 
Whereas implementing or improving classroom breakfast pro-
grams has been shown to increase the participation of eli-
gible students in breakfast consumption dramatically, 
doubling, and in some cases tripling, numbers, as evi-
denced by research conducted in the States of Minnesota, 
New York, and Wisconsin; 
Whereas making breakfast widely available through different 
venues or combinations, such as in the classroom, ob-
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tained as students exit a school bus, or outside the class-
room, has been shown to lessen the stigma of receiving 
free or reduced price breakfasts, which often deters eligi-
ble students from obtaining traditional breakfasts in the 
cafeteria; 
Whereas providing free universal breakfasts, especially in the 
classroom, has been shown to significantly increase school 
breakfast participation rates and decrease absences and 
tardiness; 
Whereas studies have shown that access to nutritious meals 
under the school lunch program and the school breakfast 
program helps to create a strong learning environment 
for children and helps to improve the concentration of 
children in the classroom; 
Whereas providing breakfast in the classroom has been shown 
in several instances to improve attentiveness and aca-
demic performance, while reducing tardiness and discipli-
nary referrals; 
Whereas students who eat a complete breakfast have been 
shown to make fewer mistakes and work faster in math 
exercises than students who eat a partial breakfast; 
Whereas studies suggest that eating breakfast closer to class-
room and test-taking time improves student performance 
on standardized tests relative to students who skip break-
fasts; 
Whereas studies show that students who skip breakfasts are 
more likely to have difficulty distinguishing among simi-
lar images, show increased errors, and have slower mem-
ory recall; 
Whereas children who live in families that experience hunger 
have been shown to be more likely to have lower math 
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scores, face an increased likelihood of repeating a grade, 
and receive more special education services; 
Whereas studies suggest that children who eat breakfasts 
have more adequate nutrition and intake of nutrients, 
such as calcium, fiber, protein, and vitamins A, E, D, 
and B–6; 
Whereas studies show that children who participate in school 
breakfast programs eat more fruits, drink more milk, and 
consume less saturated fat than children who do not eat 
breakfast; 
Whereas children who fail to eat breakfasts, whether in 
school or at home, are more likely to be overweight than 
children who eat a healthy breakfast on a daily basis; and 
Whereas March 7 through March 11, 2011, is National 
School Breakfast Week: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the importance of the school 
breakfast program established by section 4 of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) and 
the overall positive impact of the program on the 
lives of low-income children and families, as well as 
the effect of the program on helping to improve the 
overall classroom performance of a child; 
(2) expresses support for States that have suc-
cessfully implemented school breakfast programs in 
order to improve the test scores and grades of par-
ticipating students; 
(3) encourages States— 
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(A) to strengthen school breakfast pro-
grams by improving access for students; 
(B) to promote improvements in the nutri-
tional quality of breakfasts served; and 
(C) to inform students and parents of 
healthy nutritional and lifestyle choices; 
(4) recognizes that the Healthy, Hunger-Free 
Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–296) and 
amendments made by that Act provide low-income 
children with greater access to a nutritious breakfast 
nationwide; 
(5) recognizes the impact of nonprofit and com-
munity organizations that work to increase aware-
ness of, and access to, breakfast programs for low- 
income children; and 
(6) recognizes that National School Breakfast 
Week helps draw attention to the need for, and suc-
cess of, the school breakfast program. 
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