SB59 requires all public schools to offer every student one free breakfast per day starting in the 2025-26 school year, regardless of income. It creates a Food Insecurity Fund to cover costs using general revenues, private grants, and tax revenue from medical marijuana sales.
The Arkansas State Senate passed SB59 on February 17, 2025 by a vote of 24 to 1. We have assigned pluses to the nays because feeding and educating children are duties of parents, not government. By using taxpayer dollars to provide “free” meals, the state expands the unconstitutional welfare system and fosters dependency rather than self-reliance. SB59 also aligns with the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 “Zero Hunger” initiative, which promotes government control over food distribution and social policy—objectives wholly foreign to America’s constitutional framework. Neither Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution nor any other provision authorizes government to provide meals or social services. Such programs divert funds from legitimate functions, increase public debt, and erode parental responsibility. Instead of empowering families, SB59 further entrenches government dependency within an already failing public-education system.
