IL HR0398

Encourages schools participating in the School Breakfast Program, particularly those with 70% or higher Free and Reduced Price meal eligibility, to implement alternative breakfast delivery models such as Breakfast in the Classroom and Grab n' Go at no cost to students.

Recognizes that more than 15% of Illinoisans and 22% of Illinois children are food insecure, and notes that Illinois ranked 40th nationally in school breakfast participation in 2013-2014 with only 36.2% of eligible children receiving federally-funded breakfasts.

Acknowledges that the 1,376 Illinois schools with 70% or higher Free and Reduced Price eligibility provided breakfast to only 45% of eligible students in 2013-2014, leaving $90.4 million in unclaimed federal funding.

Projects that if all high-poverty Illinois schools implemented alternative breakfast models and achieved 70% participation, an additional 106,726 students would receive daily breakfast.

Urges the Illinois Commission to End Hunger's No Kid Hungry Working Group to provide a report by November 4, 2015 on the impact of providing alternative breakfast models at schools with 70% or higher Free and Reduced Price eligibility.