Lucy Nolan, policy director of End Hunger CT!, told reporters her coalition eventually hoped to see Connecticut join a growing number of states that offer free school meals for all students.

By Hugh McQuaid, CTNewsJunkie.com 

Advocates of funding school meals for Connecticut students called Wednesday on the governor and state legislature to allocate $16 million in the coming session to continue a program that has paid for the breakfasts of kids across the state.

The coalition, End Hunger CT!, held an afternoon press conference in the Legislative Office Building, where they and supportive legislators called for the extension of initiative, under which Connecticut dedicated federal dollars to cover the cost of morning meals for some 177,000 students who qualify for a reduced-cost breakfast program.

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