Push for universal free school breakfast fails in CT legislature

Push for universal free school breakfast fails in CT legislature

Connecticut State Capitol (Molly Ingram / WSHU)Universal free breakfast in Connecticut public schools is one of hundreds of proposals that died in this year’s state legislative session.The proposal was in Governor Ned Lamont’s biennial budget.Jeff Beckham, Lamont's budget director, said it didn’t survive the final budget negotiations between Lamont and the Democratic leaders in the General Assembly.“The governor proposed the $700,000 in both yea…