2025 Legislative Forum
Justin Mundet, Eric Baloun, and House Rep. Leonard Spencer
Team Florida
Justin Mundet & Sky Beard- Director of No Kids Hungry
Justin Mundet Dual Manager FNS OCPS Orange County Public Schools Written by
This year’s FSNA’s Legislative Forum was held at our capitol in Tallahassee, FL on March 18th and 19th. The Florida School Nutrition Association hosted our meeting on March 18th to discuss the current position paper and current events related to school nutrition. The advocacy topics we reviewed were: Increase the Reimbursement Rates, Protect and Expand the CEP program. This meeting gathered FSNA members from around our Great Sunshine State and Sustaining Industry Partners to prepare us for advocacy the following day on Capitol Hill. I was accompanied by OCSNA member Eric Baloun, manager of Ivey Lane Elementary School & Lake Silver Elementary School. Even without an appointment, we
were excited to be able to share a table in the office of FL House Representative Leonard Spencer of District 45. We spoke for a few minutes on how our program could be affected by Federal budget cuts and we also pressed the need for continuing CEP eligibility to feed our students. Eric and I shared our personal experiences with running our operations and seeing the impact of feeding our students. I was able share some energetic pictures of my students during a recent visit to Dream Lake Elementary School from Konstantino Manolopoulus’s Food is Fuel presentation. After some warm and appreciative feedback from House Rep. Spencer, we shook hands and parted ways with a great picture and we left a positive impression.
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