The Juneau School District Board of Education is fast tracking a move to restore universal free breakfast for K-12 students.

This comes after lawmakers overrode an education funding veto and restored more than $1.5 million to the district. The Alaska State Legislature overrode the governor’s veto of more than $50 million in state education funding earlier this month.

The board typically considers action items over two meetings before approval. Board members officially took up the breakfast program during a special meeting Wednesday so that they can approve the program at the next regular meeting on Sept. 9.

The board didn’t include universal free breakfast in this school year’s budget. It added staff positions and paid off deficits instead of restoring the program during its

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