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Download full textKara Clifford Billings – Congressional Research Service, 2024
The federal government has prescribed nutritional requirements for school meals since the authorization of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) in 1946. Such requirements have changed throughout the course of history. Current law requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe "minimum nutritional requirements" based on…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs
Ralston, Katherine; Newman, Constance; Clauson, Annette; Guthrie, Joanne; Buzby, Jean – US Department of Agriculture, 2008
The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the Nation's second largest food and nutrition assistance program. In 2006, it operated in over 101,000 public and nonprofit private schools and provided over 28 million low-cost or free lunches to children on a typical school day at a Federal cost of $8 billion for the year. This report provides…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, National Programs, Nutrition, Program Costs
Vincent, Ralph E. – School Business Affairs, 1986
Today the National School Lunch Program is serving nutritious meals to nearly 24 million children in about 90,000 schools. Among the measures taken to improve the program are food procurement workshops, recipe card testing, and improvement in commodity purchase selections for schools. (MLF)
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship, Food Service, Food Standards
Vincent, Gene – School Business Affairs, 1988
An update on the National School Lunch Program includes a list of some of the changes and innovations in types, quality, and packaging of commodity products provided to schools. (MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Food Service, Food Standards
Association of School Business Officials International, Reston, VA. – 1987
School food service should be considered a vital aspect of school operations, not an appendage to the educational program. This handbook revolves around the federal Child Nutrition and National School Lunch program serving about 24 million pupils daily in over 90 percent of the nation's 89,200 public schools. The booklet helps explain various…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Childhood Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Food Service
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1994
This report discusses amendments offered by the Committee on Agriculture to H.R. 8, the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act, which reauthorizes and improves the nutrition programs under the National School Lunch (NSL) Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. The amendments deal with: (1) the amount of commodities provided to schools under the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Food Service
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1972
Contents of this booklet include: (1) Chronology of the School Lunch Issue: Events Preceding the School Lunch Act of 1946, the 1946 School Lunch Act, "The Needy Go Unnoticed: 1946-1962,""Sorry, No Money: 1962-1965"; (2) "Their Daily Bread"--A Step Toward Action; (3) Congress Takes Action: The Vanik Program--A First…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Resources, Federal Programs, Food Standards
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Agriculture. – 1994
These hearings transcripts present discussions on amendments offered by the Committee on Education and Labor to H.R. 8, the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act of 1994, which will reauthorize and improve the national school lunch program and the child nutrition programs under the National School Lunch (NSL) Act and the Child Nutrition Act of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Food Service
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1994
This report discusses amendments offered by the Committee on Education and Labor to H.R. 8, the Healthy Meals for Healthy Americans Act, which reauthorizes and improves the nutrition programs under the National School Lunch (NSL) Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Thirteen amendments to the NSL Act deal with: (1) technical assistance to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
