Feeding kids or feeding bigotry? Senate Republicans choose bigotry

MADISON, WI – Given the opportunity to feed a healthy breakfast and lunch to every child in Wisconsin schools or undermine and attack their teachers instead, Republicans chose the latter. By passing the so-called “Parent’s Bill of Rights,” a pet project of the book-banning brigade, any parent can now sue their kid’s public school for $10,000 if they violate the terms of the bill.

While most of the “rights” listed in the bill are already law, others are designed specifically to single out LGBTQ+ students and suppress the teaching of any subject a parent deems to be “controversial,” which depending on the parent could include science, health, and nearly all of human history.

One right I fundamentally believe in is the right of every child to be free from hunger. That’s why I introduced an amendment to implement my Healthy School Meals legislation, which would guarantee free, healthy school meals for all students regardless of income, instead of the damaging book-banner’s bill of rights.

While Senate Republicans refused to feed our kids on Fat Tuesday, perhaps we can still convince them to give up attacking our public schools for Lent.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.