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Schools are also entitled to receive commodity foods and additional commodities as they are available from surplus agricultural stocks. The National School Lunch Program serves 30.5 million children each day for $8.7 billion for the fiscal year 2007. Most participants are also eligible for food during the summer through the Summer Food Service ...
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 ...
Child Nutrition Act. The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) is a United States federal law (act) signed on October 11, 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The Act was created as a result of the "years of cumulative successful experience under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to help meet the nutritional needs of children."
US consumer watchdog finds that school lunch fees are taking a toll on parents. NEW YORK (AP) — Single mother Rebecca Wood, 45, was already dealing with high medical bills in 2020 when she noticed she was being charged a $2.49 “program fee” each time she loaded money onto her daughter’s school lunch account.
School breakfasts typically range from $1.75 to $1.80. The prices mean that the $100 million in transaction fees could have bought another 33 million or so school lunches or over 55 million school ...
Five years ago, "lunch shaming" in Rhode Island became the shame of the state as it made national news for handing sunflower butter and jelly sandwiches to students without money for a hot meal.
On the FundRazr page, Cayden's mom says her son hopes to ultimately help pay off all the lunch accounts at elementary schools in the county. An 8-year-old Michigan boy is warming hearts with his ...
A school lunch in Washington, D.C., containing (clockwise from bottom left): hamburger, french fries, milk, cantaloupe, and roasted brussels sprouts. The principal of a Nauru secondary school inspecting school lunches (2012) A school meal (whether it is a breakfast, lunch, or evening meal) is a meal provided to students and sometimes teachers ...