California Education Code

§ 49490

EDC § 49490Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 27 · Ch. 9 · Art. 7

Statute 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.