State Senator Alan Clark (R-Lonsdale) has introduced a bill that would reduce National School Lunch state categorical funding for a school if the “overall reading readiness is below a certain percentage.”
The proposed bill would add an amendment that would reduce National School Lunch state categorical funding if a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school falls below a certain threshold for reading readiness.
The National School Lunch state categorical funding program is not to be confused with the federal National School Lunch Act program, according to a 2017 research report.
