SB306 establishes the “Summer Feeding for All” program to reduce “food insecurity” by providing meals to the students during “summer and non-school-day times.”
The Senate passed SB306 on January 31, 2023, by a vote of 30 to 1. We have assigned minuses to the yeas because neither feeding children nor educating them is the role of the government; indeed, each of these responsibilities belongs to a child’s parents or family. Not only does charity have no part in the duty of government, but there can be no such thing as a “free” meal that comes at “no cost.” The reality is that this type of ‘cradle-to-grave’ program relies on the unconstitutional theft of taxpayer money for use on behalf on some citizens at the expense of others—resulting in more debt, dependency, and poverty. Moreover, public school districts have absolutely no business addressing “food security,” which the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 “Zero Hunger” initiative describes as a “precondition for the full enjoyment of the right to food,” based on Article 25 of the anti-constitutional and socialist Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The hard-working people of West Virginia should not be forced to fund all that now entails a compulsory, failing, and government-run K-12 school system.