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It's now officially legislative silly season, when every special interest group tries to claim their share of credit for various legislation that passed. This time it's the Big Government Bell Policy Center using ... wait for it ... an elementary school class to claim credit for legislation that funded the free school breakfast program for students who qualified for reduced price lunches. Problem is Senator Keith King was the one who did it, not Bell Policy.

By Kimberly Lord Stewart
examiner.com

When the funding for Colorado's school breakfasts was in jeopardy in January, a group of students at Denver's Fairview Elementary Schools took notice. Many of the students are beneficiaries of the subsidized breakfasts, and for them a reduction in funding was a very personal issue. If the funding dried up, so did their morning meal.

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By Scot Kersgaard
Colorado Independent

Rep. Cherylin Peniston, D-Westminster, announced today that she will introduce a bill to restore funding to the Colorado Department of Education's free breakfast program. Republican members of the Joint Budget Committee last week thought $125,000 for the breakfast program would be a good place to start cutting expenses to make up for major tax-revenue shortfalls this year.