Bill
SCR 26
Declares March 3–7, 2025 as School Breakfast Week to raise awareness of child food insecurity and promote Breakfast After the Bell models to boost breakfast participation and outco
Note: the materials you provided contain inconsistent content. The bill header you gave (SCR 26 — “ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Requests the secretary of state to review certain presidential executive orders regarding election integrity”) does not match the text in the attached documents. The documents repeatedly show SCR 26 (Weber/Pierson) as a concurrent resolution proclaiming School Breakfast Week (March 3–7, 2025). Below I summarize the resolution that appears in your documents (School Breakfast Week). If you intended the elections-related SCR 26 instead, please confirm or provide that text and I will prepare a summary for it.
Purpose / Intent
- Proclaims March 3–7, 2025, inclusive, as "School Breakfast Week" in California.
- Raises awareness of child food insecurity and the benefits of school breakfast programs, and highlights Breakfast After the Bell models that increase participation.
Key provisions and findings (as stated in the resolution)
- Notes that nearly 1 in 6 California children live in food-insecure households.
- States California ranks 39th nationally in school breakfast participation; only 34% of pupils eligible for free or reduced-price meals eat school breakfast.
- Observes that more than 65% of California public school pupils qualify for free or reduced-price meals but many do not participate because of barriers (stigma, transportation timing, long lines, tight schedules).
- Cites research correlating eating breakfast during the school day with improved student behavior, academic performance, concentration, lower chronic absenteeism, fewer classroom disruptions, and fewer nurse visits.
- Endorses Breakfast After the Bell program models (breakfast in the classroom, grab-and-go, second-chance breakfast) as proven to boost participation and positive outcomes.
- Notes associations between school breakfast participation and lower BMI and lower probability of overweight/obesity.
- Emphasizes role of school meals during crises for public health and community recovery.
- Points out that if participation among eligible pupils rose to 50%, an estimated additional 598,081 pupils would receive breakfast daily and districts would receive more than $280,000,000 in federal meal reimbursements.
Action and form
- Type: Concurrent resolution (ceremonial/proclamatory, not a statute or appropriation).
- Fiscal Committee: No (no fiscal impact or funding authority claimed).
- Resolution text directs the Legislature to proclaim the week and requests the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies to the author for distribution.
Who is affected / potential impact
- Direct legal effect: none — concurrent resolutions of this type are nonbinding and ceremonial.
- Practical/awareness impact: seeks to elevate attention among policymakers, school districts, and the public to barriers to breakfast participation and to encourage adoption of Breakfast After the Bell approaches.
- Potential indirect fiscal impact: increased participation could raise federal reimbursement revenues for school nutrition programs (the resolution cites an estimate of >$280 million if participation reached 50% among eligible pupils).
Procedural status (from your header)
- Introduced: February 20, 2025.
- Status (per your Bill Information): Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs (May 7, 2025).
- Classification: Concurrent resolution.
If you want a summary of the elections-related SCR 26 (the Secretary of State review of presidential executive orders on election integrity) or if you want me to reconcile and summarize other materials mixed into the file, please send the correct text or confirm and I will prepare that summary.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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