How is SLI funded?
SLI is a public/private partnership. Funding for the meal program in part comes from state and federal reimbursements, as well as revenues from the lunch program. The voters in Berkeley passed a bond in 2000 to support kitchen and building renovations. The Center for Ecoliteracy (CEL) and Chez Panisse Foundation (CPF) are working in collaboration with BUSD to raise the additional funding necessary to fully implement SLI.
