| Name/Bill Sponsor: Sen. Galey | State: North Carolina | District (if House): |
Bill Title______Funding For Educational Farms__________
117th Congress
Fall 22 Session
HB or SB #___SB 1116_________
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OR SENATE
Date________
To give youth an opportunity to receive healthy food and expedited education.
A BILL
Be it enacted by the Senate OR House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the _________________________________________________________.
SECTION 2. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/NEED
| (1) Working farms can teach kids a life skill that will help them when older. |
| (2) This food from the farms is a source of healthy food, and can and would be used in the cafeteria as another free food option but healthy. |
| (3) Kids who don’t have the option of healthy food at home can take things home. Ex. kids from low-income homes may not be able to afford 3 stable meals every day and this would hopefully fight that. |
| (4) Those that work on the farm may earn trade credits and leave high school already eligible to get a job. |
| (5) Classrooms can use the farms to learn about the science behind the fruits and vegetables chosen. |
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SECTION 3. PROVISIONS – BENEFITS AND ELIGIBILITY
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SECTION 4. PROVISIONS – TERMS AND BENEFITS OF SERVICE
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SECTION 5. ADMINISTRATION (Government agencies and department to execute the law once its passed)
SECTION 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS (Include amount of funding requested AND rational)
SOURCES (Provide the list of all sources used in researching the bill including name of source and website link if online)
https://www.ncleg.gov/Committees/CommitteeInfo/SenateStanding/134/Membership
https://www.ncleg.gov/Committees/CommitteeInfo/SenateStanding/1162/Bills
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3755/text
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https://teaching-certification.com/teaching/education-spending-by-state/
Idea: Funding for working farms at the school which functions as a way to teach kids a life skill, a
source of healthy free food in the cafeteria in addition to the normal food, kids can bring the food home
who don’t have options to fresh food, if you work on the farm you can get trade credits
$200 million