10. SB 89 Motion to Suspend Regular Order

Motion to Suspend Regular Order; April 20, 2011; Journal Page 1267: 25 Yeas, 6 Nays

YCT Nay.  SB 89 expands the summer nutrition program, a program which requires public schools to provide free or reduced price lunches during summer months when classes are not in session.  This measure further supplants parents as those responsible for the care of children and inserts the state into a relationship in which it does not belong.  The problem of child hunger is a social one and a reflection of dysfunctional parenting.    The solution is not more government.  The solution is to hold parents re? sponsible for the care of their children and to empower the community and charitable organizations to ensure that neglected children do not go hungry.