Episode 69: Why #StopTheBlock?
b'In a move they say will \\u201cspur innovation,\\u201d Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce have voted to issue block grants for school nutrition programs in three pilot states, cutting them loose from federal federal mandates and supervision. #StopTheBlock\\u2019s opponents to this measure\\u2014to date, more than 1,000 organizations\\u2014say these states would be cut loose from a lot more. On today\\u2019s episode, Education/Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) describes how block grants, because they\\u2019re easily shaved down in the federal budget, have historically led to the gutting of public services. Doug Davis of the Burlington (VT) School Food Project predicts an unraveling of standards, policies, and protocols that would cast farm-to-school and national supply chains into chaos and jeopardize the nutrition safety net of millions of children in need.'