{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"49490","citation":"Ed. Code, § 49490","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES [46000. - 65001.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4"},{"name":"PART 27. PUPILS [48000. - 49703.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-27"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9. Pupil and Personnel Health [49400. - 49590.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-27/chapter-9"},{"name":"ARTICLE 7. School Breakfast and Lunch Program [49490. - 49494.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-27/chapter-9/article-7"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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.</p>","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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/school-breakfast-and-lunch-program-49490","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}