WHEREAS:

The School Lunch Programs have been cut by $1.5 billion since 1981; and

WHEREAS:

Three million children have been dropped out of the school lunch programs since 1981; and

WHEREAS:

Most of these children come from families of working poor and would have been eligible for free and reduced price meals; and

WHEREAS:

President Reagan's Fiscal Year 1985 budget calls for more severe cuts and will seriously jeopardize the integrity and effectiveness of these programs.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:

That AFSCME continue its support for full funding of these programs.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:

That AFSCME oppose any attempt to place the lunch and breakfast programs in a block grant.

SUBMITTED BY:

Charles Hughes, Delegate, Local 372
Al Bilik, Delegate, Local 1502
Council 37
New York, New York