Matthew Hamilton is reporting in the Times Union Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced December 28, he will propose legislation to ban school lunch shaming and increase access to breakfast at high-need schools. The proposal will be made as part of a student hunger platform in his State of the State agenda. Cuomo will propose passage of a law that, beginning in the 2018-19 school year, would prohibit public humiliation of a student and also ban alternative lunches, like a cold cheese sandwich, for students who cannot afford a lunch. For schools with more than 70 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced lunch, the governor also wants to require that breakfast be provided after the school day begins, rather than before. Cuomo also wants to increase lunch reimbursements for schools that purchase at least 30 percent of their ingredients from New York farms, as well as expand a state Farm to School program with additional funding. Read the full story in the Times Union.