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Committee approves online school meal application requirement for state agencies to implement
Summary
AB 3260 directs the Department of Agriculture, with DOE consultation, to establish internet-based school meal applications; the committee favorably released the bill, with supporters citing child nutrition concerns and at least one listed opposition slip.
Assembly Bill 3260 (first reprint), which directs the Department of Agriculture in consultation with the Department of Education to establish internet-based school meal applications, was favorably released by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Sept. 23.
The committee record lists supporters — including the Community Food Bank and the New Jersey Public Charters Association — and an opponent (Jeanne Lamon of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, listed as opposed on the slips but not testifying). Committee members emphasized child-nutrition rationales during the roll call, with one member noting, “Hungry children don't learn well,” before voting yes.
The bill was released without amendment and will move forward in the legislative process.
