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I'm a high school senior in Sparks, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. Now that AB 156 has passed, I wanted to thank you for supporting it. It would have been easy for a bill like this to die quietly in the shuffle of a session. It didn't, because legislators like you decided it mattered. My family noticed, and we're grateful.

I'm a high school senior in Sparks, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 has passed both chambers, and I wanted to write one more time — not to ask for anything, but to say thank you. Your vote will mean thousands of Nevada kids start the school day ready to learn. That's the kind of result that restores a person's faith in state government.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Sparks for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 has passed both chambers, and I wanted to write one more time — not to ask for anything, but to say thank you. Your vote will mean thousands of Nevada kids start the school day ready to learn. That's the kind of result that restores a person's faith in state government.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Sparks for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 has passed both chambers, and I wanted to write one more time — not to ask for anything, but to say thank you. Your vote will mean thousands of Nevada kids start the school day ready to learn. That's the kind of result that restores a person's faith in state government.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Las Vegas. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 has passed both chambers, and I wanted to write one more time — not to ask for anything, but to say thank you. Your vote will mean thousands of Nevada kids start the school day ready to learn. That's the kind of result that restores a person's faith in state government.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Las Vegas. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 has passed both chambers, and I wanted to write one more time — not to ask for anything, but to say thank you. Your vote will mean thousands of Nevada kids start the school day ready to learn. That's the kind of result that restores a person's faith in state government.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Las Vegas. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 has passed both chambers, and I wanted to write one more time — not to ask for anything, but to say thank you. Your vote will mean thousands of Nevada kids start the school day ready to learn. That's the kind of result that restores a person's faith in state government.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Las Vegas. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. Now that AB 156 has passed, I wanted to thank you for supporting it. It would have been easy for a bill like this to die quietly in the shuffle of a session. It didn't, because legislators like you decided it mattered. My family noticed, and we're grateful.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Sparks. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 has passed both chambers, and I wanted to write one more time — not to ask for anything, but to say thank you. Your vote will mean thousands of Nevada kids start the school day ready to learn. That's the kind of result that restores a person's faith in state government.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Sparks. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. Now that AB 156 has passed, I wanted to thank you for supporting it. It would have been easy for a bill like this to die quietly in the shuffle of a session. It didn't, because legislators like you decided it mattered. My family noticed, and we're grateful.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Henderson. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156 has passed both chambers, and I wanted to write one more time — not to ask for anything, but to say thank you. Your vote will mean thousands of Nevada kids start the school day ready to learn. That's the kind of result that restores a person's faith in state government.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Henderson. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. Now that AB 156 has passed, I wanted to thank you for supporting it. It would have been easy for a bill like this to die quietly in the shuffle of a session. It didn't, because legislators like you decided it mattered. My family noticed, and we're grateful.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Reno. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 has passed both chambers, and I wanted to write one more time — not to ask for anything, but to say thank you. Your vote will mean thousands of Nevada kids start the school day ready to learn. That's the kind of result that restores a person's faith in state government.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Reno. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 has passed both chambers, and I wanted to write one more time — not to ask for anything, but to say thank you. Your vote will mean thousands of Nevada kids start the school day ready to learn. That's the kind of result that restores a person's faith in state government.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in Elko. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. Now that AB 156 has passed, I wanted to thank you for supporting it. It would have been easy for a bill like this to die quietly in the shuffle of a session. It didn't, because legislators like you decided it mattered. My family noticed, and we're grateful.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in Elko. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. Now that AB 156 has passed, I wanted to thank you for supporting it. It would have been easy for a bill like this to die quietly in the shuffle of a session. It didn't, because legislators like you decided it mattered. My family noticed, and we're grateful.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in North Las Vegas. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. Now that AB 156 has passed, I wanted to thank you for supporting it. It would have been easy for a bill like this to die quietly in the shuffle of a session. It didn't, because legislators like you decided it mattered. My family noticed, and we're grateful.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in North Las Vegas. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. Now that AB 156 has passed, I wanted to thank you for supporting it. It would have been easy for a bill like this to die quietly in the shuffle of a session. It didn't, because legislators like you decided it mattered. My family noticed, and we're grateful.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in North Las Vegas. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 has passed both chambers, and I wanted to write one more time — not to ask for anything, but to say thank you. Your vote will mean thousands of Nevada kids start the school day ready to learn. That's the kind of result that restores a person's faith in state government.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in North Las Vegas. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. Now that AB 156 has passed, I wanted to thank you for supporting it. It would have been easy for a bill like this to die quietly in the shuffle of a session. It didn't, because legislators like you decided it mattered. My family noticed, and we're grateful.

I drive a school bus in Reno, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. Now that AB 156 has passed, I wanted to thank you for supporting it. It would have been easy for a bill like this to die quietly in the shuffle of a session. It didn't, because legislators like you decided it mattered. My family noticed, and we're grateful.

I drive a school bus in Reno, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 has passed both chambers, and I wanted to write one more time — not to ask for anything, but to say thank you. Your vote will mean thousands of Nevada kids start the school day ready to learn. That's the kind of result that restores a person's faith in state government.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. Now that AB 156 has passed, I wanted to thank you for supporting it. It would have been easy for a bill like this to die quietly in the shuffle of a session. It didn't, because legislators like you decided it mattered. My family noticed, and we're grateful.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. Now that AB 156 has passed, I wanted to thank you for supporting it. It would have been easy for a bill like this to die quietly in the shuffle of a session. It didn't, because legislators like you decided it mattered. My family noticed, and we're grateful.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Carson City. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

I own a small diner in Reno and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Henderson. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Henderson. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

I'm a high school senior in Fernley, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Fallon. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I understand you've already said you'll support AB 156 when it reaches the floor — thank you for that. I'm writing anyway, because I want you to know constituents notice, and because I hope you'll encourage colleagues who are still undecided before the vote.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in North Las Vegas. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

I own a small diner in North Las Vegas and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

I'm a high school senior in Fernley, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Sparks. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

I drive a school bus in Reno, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Reno. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Spring Valley. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Henderson for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

I'm a mother of three in Pahrump, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Henderson. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Las Vegas. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

I own a small diner in Pahrump and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

I own a small diner in Pahrump and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

I've taught fourth grade in Henderson for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Las Vegas. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

I own a small diner in Carson City and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in North Las Vegas. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

I'm a high school senior in Sparks, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Las Vegas. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I understand you've already said you'll support AB 156 when it reaches the floor — thank you for that. I'm writing anyway, because I want you to know constituents notice, and because I hope you'll encourage colleagues who are still undecided before the vote.

I drive a school bus in Reno, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Fallon for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Las Vegas. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Las Vegas. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Fallon. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

I've taught fourth grade in Las Vegas for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

I own a small diner in Las Vegas and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I understand you've already said you'll support AB 156 when it reaches the floor — thank you for that. I'm writing anyway, because I want you to know constituents notice, and because I hope you'll encourage colleagues who are still undecided before the vote.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in North Las Vegas. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

I've taught fourth grade in Sparks for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. The Assembly has done its part on AB 156 with a strong bipartisan vote. I'm asking you to finish the job in the Senate. Please vote yes.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Carson City. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 passed the Assembly 28-14 and now comes to the Senate. I'm asking for your yes vote to send it to the Governor's desk. Nevada kids are one vote away from starting every school day fed.

I'm a mother of three in Reno, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Winnemucca. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Las Vegas. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in Spring Valley. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in Boulder City. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I've taught fourth grade in Reno for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Mesquite for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I drive a school bus in Las Vegas, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I own a small diner in Las Vegas and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in North Las Vegas. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Carson City for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I drive a school bus in Las Vegas, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in North Las Vegas. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm a high school senior in Reno, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Las Vegas. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Henderson. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I own a small diner in Las Vegas and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Reno. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Spring Valley for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Las Vegas. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Fernley. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in Spring Valley. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm a high school senior in North Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Fallon. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I've taught fourth grade in Reno for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Las Vegas. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Carson City for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Las Vegas. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Las Vegas. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Fallon for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Las Vegas. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I'm a mother of three in Las Vegas, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Pahrump. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I own a small diner in Reno and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I've taught fourth grade in Reno for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Las Vegas. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in Las Vegas. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Sparks for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I drive a school bus in Fallon, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Henderson. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in Las Vegas. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in Boulder City. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Carson City. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I drive a school bus in Reno, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I own a small diner in Carson City and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I drive a school bus in Carson City, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Las Vegas. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Fallon. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Las Vegas. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I've taught fourth grade in Sparks for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Reno. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Spring Valley. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Las Vegas. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Spring Valley. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I own a small diner in Las Vegas and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I own a small diner in Pahrump and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Reno. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I own a small diner in Henderson and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 has cleared committee and is coming to the Assembly floor. I'm asking for your yes vote. This is one of those rare bills where the policy is simple, the evidence is strong, and the beneficiaries are seven-year-olds.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in North Las Vegas. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. When AB 156 comes up for a floor vote this week, please vote yes. I've followed this bill since it was introduced, and I'll be following the roll call too.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Sparks. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Mesquite. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Las Vegas. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I own a small diner in Las Vegas and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Carson City. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Henderson. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in North Las Vegas. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Las Vegas. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

I drive a school bus in Spring Valley, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Reno. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

I drive a school bus in Reno, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Reno. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Carson City. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

I own a small diner in Las Vegas and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Boulder City. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Spring Valley. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Pahrump for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Las Vegas. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Fallon. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Reno. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

I own a small diner in Reno and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I'm a high school senior in Henderson, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I drive a school bus in Las Vegas, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Fallon. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

I drive a school bus in North Las Vegas, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Henderson for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

I've taught fourth grade in Las Vegas for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I drive a school bus in Reno, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Las Vegas. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. As a member of the Assembly Education Committee, you have the direct say on AB 156 that most legislators don't. I'm respectfully asking for your yes vote at the hearing, and for you to speak up for it in the work session.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Mesquite. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156 is now in front of your committee, and I'm asking you to vote yes and move it to the floor. You're one of a handful of people who decide whether this bill lives or dies this month, which is exactly why I'm writing to you and not someone else.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in Spring Valley. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I saw that you've signed on to AB 156, and I wanted you to hear from a constituent that it matters. Thank you. My ask now is simple: talk to your colleagues who haven't joined yet. Your voice carries weight with them that mine doesn't.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in Spring Valley. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Las Vegas. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Las Vegas. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Spring Valley. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Spring Valley. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in North Las Vegas. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I drive a school bus in Mesquite, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I drive a school bus in Mesquite, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Reno. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Reno. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I own a small diner in Henderson and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I own a small diner in Henderson and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I own a small diner in Henderson and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I drive a school bus in North Las Vegas, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I drive a school bus in North Las Vegas, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Spring Valley. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Reno for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Reno for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Reno. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Reno. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Sparks. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Sparks. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I saw that you've signed on to AB 156, and I wanted you to hear from a constituent that it matters. Thank you. My ask now is simple: talk to your colleagues who haven't joined yet. Your voice carries weight with them that mine doesn't.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in Las Vegas. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Spring Valley. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Spring Valley. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. Thank you for cosponsoring AB 156 — genuinely. Decisions like that are why I tell my neighbors it's worth engaging with Carson City at all. Please keep pushing to get it a strong hearing and a floor vote this session.

I drive a school bus in North Las Vegas, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in Las Vegas. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Las Vegas. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Las Vegas. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. Thank you for cosponsoring AB 156 — genuinely. Decisions like that are why I tell my neighbors it's worth engaging with Carson City at all. Please keep pushing to get it a strong hearing and a floor vote this session.

I'm a mother of three in Las Vegas, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Elko. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a mother of three in Las Vegas, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I saw that you've signed on to AB 156, and I wanted you to hear from a constituent that it matters. Thank you. My ask now is simple: talk to your colleagues who haven't joined yet. Your voice carries weight with them that mine doesn't.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Las Vegas. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I own a small diner in Fernley and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I own a small diner in Fernley and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Spring Valley. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Spring Valley. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Las Vegas. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Las Vegas. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I own a small diner in North Las Vegas and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I own a small diner in North Las Vegas and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Sparks. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. Thank you for cosponsoring AB 156 — genuinely. Decisions like that are why I tell my neighbors it's worth engaging with Carson City at all. Please keep pushing to get it a strong hearing and a floor vote this session.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Sparks. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Winnemucca for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Winnemucca for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a mother of three in Fallon, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a mother of three in Fallon, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I saw that you've signed on to AB 156, and I wanted you to hear from a constituent that it matters. Thank you. My ask now is simple: talk to your colleagues who haven't joined yet. Your voice carries weight with them that mine doesn't.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a high school senior in North Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a high school senior in North Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I saw that you've signed on to AB 156, and I wanted you to hear from a constituent that it matters. Thank you. My ask now is simple: talk to your colleagues who haven't joined yet. Your voice carries weight with them that mine doesn't.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Reno. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Spring Valley. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Spring Valley. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Sparks. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in North Las Vegas. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in North Las Vegas. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a mother of three in Las Vegas, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. Thank you for cosponsoring AB 156 — genuinely. Decisions like that are why I tell my neighbors it's worth engaging with Carson City at all. Please keep pushing to get it a strong hearing and a floor vote this session.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in North Las Vegas. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in North Las Vegas. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. Thank you for cosponsoring AB 156 — genuinely. Decisions like that are why I tell my neighbors it's worth engaging with Carson City at all. Please keep pushing to get it a strong hearing and a floor vote this session.

I drive a school bus in Henderson, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I drive a school bus in Henderson, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a high school senior in Elko, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a high school senior in Elko, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a mother of three in Carson City, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a mother of three in Carson City, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. Thank you for cosponsoring AB 156 — genuinely. Decisions like that are why I tell my neighbors it's worth engaging with Carson City at all. Please keep pushing to get it a strong hearing and a floor vote this session.

I drive a school bus in Reno, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I drive a school bus in Reno, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a mother of three in Sparks, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in Las Vegas. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. Thank you for cosponsoring AB 156 — genuinely. Decisions like that are why I tell my neighbors it's worth engaging with Carson City at all. Please keep pushing to get it a strong hearing and a floor vote this session.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in North Las Vegas for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in North Las Vegas for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I saw that you've signed on to AB 156, and I wanted you to hear from a constituent that it matters. Thank you. My ask now is simple: talk to your colleagues who haven't joined yet. Your voice carries weight with them that mine doesn't.

I drive a school bus in Pahrump, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I drive a school bus in Pahrump, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I've taught fourth grade in Pahrump for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I've taught fourth grade in Pahrump for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm the PTA president at our elementary school in North Las Vegas. Last year our PTA ran a weekend backpack food program for 40 families. The need we found once we started asking was double what we'd planned for, and we're volunteers with a bake-sale budget. We patched what we could. It shouldn't take a bake sale to make sure kids in our state can eat before class. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I've taught fourth grade in Las Vegas for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I've taught fourth grade in Las Vegas for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I volunteer at our food bank's school pantry program in North Las Vegas. Every Friday we pack weekend bags, and every Friday I'm struck that most of the parents picking them up are working — some at two jobs. The math of feeding a family here just doesn't work for a lot of households anymore. School breakfast is the one meal we could simply take off their list of impossible choices. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a high school senior in Winnemucca, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I saw that you've signed on to AB 156, and I wanted you to hear from a constituent that it matters. Thank you. My ask now is simple: talk to your colleagues who haven't joined yet. Your voice carries weight with them that mine doesn't.

I'm a high school senior in Winnemucca, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Las Vegas. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. Thank you for cosponsoring AB 156 — genuinely. Decisions like that are why I tell my neighbors it's worth engaging with Carson City at all. Please keep pushing to get it a strong hearing and a floor vote this session.

I own a small diner in Las Vegas and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I own a small diner in Las Vegas and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a high school senior in Elko, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Henderson. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Henderson. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Las Vegas. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Las Vegas. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I drive a school bus in Las Vegas, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. Thank you for cosponsoring AB 156 — genuinely. Decisions like that are why I tell my neighbors it's worth engaging with Carson City at all. Please keep pushing to get it a strong hearing and a floor vote this session.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Henderson. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Henderson. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I've taught fourth grade in Reno for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I drive a school bus in Sparks, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I drive a school bus in Sparks, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Henderson. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Henderson. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I've taught fourth grade in Las Vegas for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I've taught fourth grade in Las Vegas for eleven years. I keep a drawer of granola bars in my classroom because I know which of my students come in hungry, and I know Mondays are the worst because some of them haven't had a real meal since Friday's school lunch. I spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on that drawer every year. I love my students, but a drawer of granola bars is not a nutrition policy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I drive a school bus in Fernley, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I drive a school bus in Fernley, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a high school senior in Las Vegas, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. Thank you for cosponsoring AB 156 — genuinely. Decisions like that are why I tell my neighbors it's worth engaging with Carson City at all. Please keep pushing to get it a strong hearing and a floor vote this session.

I'm a high school senior in Elko, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a high school senior in Elko, and I have a little brother in second grade. My parents both work early, so getting my brother ready for school is my job. Most mornings we do fine. But I'm seventeen and I'm the breakfast plan, and on the mornings when we're out of cereal or out of time, he goes to school with nothing and I sit in my first-period class thinking about it instead of the lesson. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I saw that you've signed on to AB 156, and I wanted you to hear from a constituent that it matters. Thank you. My ask now is simple: talk to your colleagues who haven't joined yet. Your voice carries weight with them that mine doesn't.

I own a small diner in Henderson and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a pediatrician who has practiced in Las Vegas for nearly two decades. I see the downstream effects of childhood food insecurity in my exam rooms every single week: kids with headaches and fatigue that have no medical cause beyond an empty stomach, families juggling rent against groceries. Universal school breakfast is one of the few interventions where the evidence is genuinely unambiguous. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Reno. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I recently retired after 26 years as an elementary school principal in Reno. If you gave me one lever to raise attendance, cut morning discipline referrals, and improve test scores at a struggling school, I would pick universal breakfast without hesitating — because I ran that experiment myself with grant funding for two years, and I watched every one of those numbers move. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I own a small diner in Henderson and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I own a small diner in Henderson and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I saw that you've signed on to AB 156, and I wanted you to hear from a constituent that it matters. Thank you. My ask now is simple: talk to your colleagues who haven't joined yet. Your voice carries weight with them that mine doesn't.

I'm a mother of three in Carson City, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I'm a mother of three in Carson City, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. Teachers across Nevada report spending their own money on food for hungry students — a quiet subsidy that shows up in no budget line anywhere. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in North Las Vegas. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in North Las Vegas. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. Thank you for cosponsoring AB 156 — genuinely. Decisions like that are why I tell my neighbors it's worth engaging with Carson City at all. Please keep pushing to get it a strong hearing and a floor vote this session.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Fallon. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I work in the cafeteria at an elementary school in Fallon. I'm the one who sees which kids hover near the line at breakfast but don't come through it, because the reduced-price paperwork didn't get filed or because they don't want the other kids to see. When breakfast is free for everyone, that shame disappears overnight. I've watched it happen. The line just becomes the line. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. Thank you for cosponsoring AB 156 — genuinely. Decisions like that are why I tell my neighbors it's worth engaging with Carson City at all. Please keep pushing to get it a strong hearing and a floor vote this session.

I'm a mother of three in Reno, and two of my kids are at our neighborhood elementary school. Mornings in our house are a sprint. I leave for my shift at 6:15, before the kids are even up, and there are days when I honestly don't know whether breakfast happened. When their school piloted free breakfast for one semester, my middle son's teacher told me she could tell the difference in his focus by the second week. That semester ended, and so did the program. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. Thank you for cosponsoring AB 156 — genuinely. Decisions like that are why I tell my neighbors it's worth engaging with Carson City at all. Please keep pushing to get it a strong hearing and a floor vote this session.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Boulder City. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Boulder City. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

I own a small diner in Reno and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I own a small diner in Reno and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I own a small diner in Reno and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I own a small diner in Reno and employ nine people. Three of my employees are parents working split shifts, and I hear what their mornings look like. I also know what it does to a business when the local schools struggle — families move, the neighborhood hollows out. Feeding kids breakfast is about the cheapest economic development policy Nevada could buy. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Reno. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. When breakfast is universal instead of means-tested, participation among eligible low-income kids jumps dramatically, because the stigma of the "free breakfast line" disappears. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I drive a school bus in Reno, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. It doesn't have to be this way, and this session Nevada has the chance to prove it. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I drive a school bus in Reno, first route at 6:40 in the morning. You learn a lot about kids from the bus. The ones who get on quiet and put their heads against the window aren't sleepy, half the time — they're hungry, and they'll tell you so if you ask gently. I started keeping a box of breakfast bars up front years ago. Nobody asked me to. Somebody had to. Kids who eat breakfast at school perform measurably better on math and reading assessments, and the gains are largest for the students furthest behind. This bill would change that, for my family and thousands of others. I'm writing to ask you to cosponsor AB 156. Cosponsorship isn't a symbolic gesture — it tells the committee this bill has real support behind it. Nevada families like mine are watching, hopeful.

My husband and I are raising our two grandkids in Las Vegas. We're on a fixed income, and the last week of every month gets thin. I grew up believing you don't ask for help, so it took me a long time to admit that the school breakfast program the next county over would have made a real difference for us. Pride shouldn't be the reason a seven-year-old starts class hungry. Schools that adopt universal breakfast consistently report better attendance and fewer visits to the nurse's office — the research on this is about as settled as education research gets. This is a solvable problem, and the solution is sitting in front of the legislature right now. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.

I'm a school nurse at a middle school here in Las Vegas. The kids who show up in my office at 9:30 with a "stomachache" are, more often than anyone wants to admit, just hungry. I can spot it within a minute of talking to them. I keep crackers on hand, send them back to class, and log another visit that never should have happened. The pattern is so predictable it hurts. Roughly one in six Nevada children lives in a household that struggles to reliably put food on the table. That's why AB 156 matters so much to me. AB 156, the Breakfast for Every Nevada Student Act, would make free school breakfast universal in our K-12 schools. I'm asking you to add your name as a cosponsor. Early support is what carries a bill like this through the session, and I'd be proud to see your name on it.