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As early as the late 19th century, cities such as Boston and Philadelphia operated independent school lunch programs, with the assistance of volunteers or charities. [11] Until the 1930s, most school lunch programs were volunteer efforts led by teachers and mothers' clubs. [12] These programs drew on the expertise of professional home economics ...
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]
School lunch was extended to all elementary schools in Japan in 1952. With the enactment of the School Lunch Law in 1954, school meals were extended to junior high schools as well. [citation needed] These early lunches initially included items such as bread, bread rolls, and skimmed milk powder (replaced in 1958 by milk bottles and cartons).
By 1946 enough was known about kids' needs that the National School Lunch Act passed, mandating that each state be provided with funding to buy, store, and prepare food for lunches. Menus featured ...
For decades, school lunch was designed to be bland. But in New York and New Jersey -- and across the country -- that's beginning to change. School lunch menus are changing from bland to culturally ...
What time does school start and end, what's for lunch? A guide as Henderson County Public Schools start classes Aug. 14.
In FY 2011, federal spending totaled $10.1 billion for the National School Lunch Program. [3] The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act allows USDA, for the first time in 30 years, opportunity to make real reforms to the school lunch and breakfast programs by improving the critical nutrition and hunger safety net for millions of children. [4]
Sebastine Chun , 16, left, a junior at Chatsworth Charter High, and Katherine Shin, 17, a senior at North Hollywood High, write down their reviews as they sample new breakfast and lunch menu items ...