Lawmakers and higher education officials are advancing efforts to establish "Hunger Free" zones at state universities and colleges. Gov. John Bel Edwards signed legislation this week to advance that cause. State Rep. Barbara Reich Freiberg, R-Baton Rouge, a former educator and school board member, said she sponsored the bill after proponents met with her before the legislation session in the spring. She said she came to better appreciate the need for the bill as it advanced and as hearings were held. "When I got the data and research, especially among non-traditional students, I saw that a lot of college students were caught between programs — some were too old, some were working too many hours. In some cases, there was no federal assistance available for them," she said. "Testimony before the House Education Committee blew me away," she added. That included testimony from Jim Henderson, president of the University of Louisiana System. Henderson, who was president of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches from 2015-2017, said he was approached by college seniors there about setting up a food bank on campus. He allocated space for it, he said, but within two weeks, the food bank had far outgrown its space due to… Read full this story
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