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v. t. e. In the United States, school meals are provided either at no cost or at a government-subsidized price, to students from low-income families. These free or subsidized meals have the potential to increase household food security, which can improve children's health and expand their educational opportunities. [1]
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (79 P.L. 396, 60 Stat. 230) is a 1946 United States federal law that created the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to provide low-cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students through subsidies to schools. [1]
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–296 (text) (PDF)) is a federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 13, 2010. The law is part of the reauthorization of funding for child nutrition (see the original Child Nutrition Act). It funded child nutrition programs and free lunch programs in schools for 5 ...
President Joe Biden signed the Keep Kids Fed Act into law over the weekend, extending the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s school nutritional waivers to September 30.
April 24, 2024 at 8:31 AM. The nation's school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced ...
The USDA's Food and Nutrition Service administers the program and reimburses participating schools for the meals served to students. The amount is used to buy food and pay staff.
The School Breakfast Program (SBP) is a federally funded meal program that provides free and reduced cost breakfasts to children at public and private schools, and child care facilities in the United States. [1] All children in participating schools and residential institutions are eligible for a federally subsidized meal, regardless of family ...
Massachusetts is one of five states, along with California, Maine, Nevada and Vermont, to extend the federal universal free lunch program through the 2022-23 school year after it ended in June ...