NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT

Articles and editorials

No More Free Lunch for Some CMS Students Starting Next Year, H5594 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure certain types of milk are offered under school lunch program (see H.R. 7070), H3712 [11MR]

——— establish pilot program promoting scratch cooking in school meal programs (see H.R. 6608), H976 [4FE]

——— establish statewide community eligibility for certain special assistance payments (see H.R. 9482), H8873 [8DE]

——— fund school lunch information clearinghouse (see H.R. 7038), H1423 [9MR]

——— improve child nutrition in tribal areas (see S. 4625), S3694 [26JY] (see H.R. 8502), H7168 [26JY]

——— improve National School Lunch Program requirements (see H.R. 7027), H1422 [9MR]

——— increase reimbursement rate of school meals (see H.R. 6743), H1123 [15FE]

——— provide for technical assistance relative to nutrition standards for school meal programs (see H.R. 8486), H7072 [22JY]

——— provide meals and meal supplements for children in afterschool care (see H.R. 6357), H8 [10JA]

——— remove certain limitations relative to commodity assistance for school breakfast programs (see H.R. 6718), H1119 [11FE]

——— require study of time and duration of school lunch periods (see H.R. 6526), H307 [28JA]

National Advisory Council on Unpaid Meal Debt in Child Nutrition Programs: establish (see H.R. 8509), H7169 [26JY]

Schools: reduce stigma associated with unpaid school meal fees and require mandatory certification for certain students (see S. 4602), S3639 [25JY] (see H.R. 8477), H7066 [21JY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Agriculture: allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (H.R. 1861), H5812 [22JN]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (H.R. 783), H7419 [29JY]

——— require schools participating in school meal programs to provide free meals to all children, incentivize local food procurement, improve reimbursements, and assist food purchases during summer (H.R. 3115), H5593–H5598 [15JN], H5840 [23JN]