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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 ...
In 1946, President Harry Truman (D, 1945–53) signed the National School Lunch Act into law, providing free school lunches for low-income students. In 1966, the Child Nutrition Act shifted control of the school lunch program from a number of government agencies to one, the USDA.
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 the 2021-2022 school year, all students were eligible to receive free school lunch and breakfast, regardless of their family's income. This policy was instituted in 2020 during the pandemic and...
By the 2027-28 school year, weekly meal calories will be capped at 10% added sugars. While the initial proposal from the USDA suggested a gradual reduction in sodium, with three 10% cuts phased in ...
A school lunch in Washington, D.C., containing (clockwise from bottom left): hamburger, french fries, milk, cantaloupe, and roasted brussels sprouts. A school meal (whether it is a breakfast, lunch, or evening meal) is a meal provided to students and sometimes teachers at a school, typically in the middle or beginning of the school day.
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 ."