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Texas Schools Lead Nation in Providing Meals to Children

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Celia Hagert /(512) 320-0222 x110
Lynsey Kluever /(512) 320-0222 x 112

December 11, 2007

Texas Schools Lead Nation in Providing Meals to Children >>  
Breakfast Participation by District: School Year 2006-2007 >>  

Ninety-nine percent of Texas schools participate in the national School Breakfast Program, ranking Texas 7th best in the country, according to a report released today by the national Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). The report, School Breakfast Scorecard 2007, also finds that more than a million low-income Texas children are eating breakfast at school. Despite its relative success compared to other states, there is room for expansion. For every 100 low-income children that participated in the School Lunch Program in Texas, only 53 also ate breakfast.