{"data":{"id":"us-ca/edc-49490","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EDC § 49490","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Education Code - EDC","TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES [46000. - 65001.]","PART 27. PUPILS [48000. - 49703.]","CHAPTER 9. Pupil and Personnel Health [49400. - 49590.]","ARTICLE 7. School Breakfast and Lunch Program [49490. - 49494.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"1fa53f190ce315af37be1064bcd37df3520165cdd4bc5c57ea4d0702807dc21c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/edc-49480","next":"us-ca/edc-49491"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}