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U.S. Department of Agriculture announces final rule on updated School Nutrition Standards

 By Benita Gingerella on Apr. 24, 2024

Here’s a look at the upcoming changes to the School Nutrition Standards.

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Tennessee whole milk bill gets the okay from governor

By Benita Gingerella on Apr. 16, 2024

Also in this week’s K-12 legislative update: Iowa announces summer meals site grant program, a Colorado bill looks to give students longer lunch periods and a bill that would expand free school meal access in New Hampshire has been killed.

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Virginia farm-to-school task force bill signed into law

By Benita Gingerella on Apr. 09, 2024

Also in this week’s K-12 legislative update: Maryland lawmakers pass bill that would analyze the cost of setting up a universal free school meals program and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says yes to extra funding to continue universal free school meals.

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Federal bill would set up grant program for scratch-made meals in schools

By Benita Gingerella on Apr. 02, 2024

Also in this week’s K-12 legislation update: Lawmakers pen a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture asking that potatoes remain a vegetable in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and a pair of bills in Virginia that would set up a farm-to-school task force head to the governor for signature.

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Federal bill would establish committee to address school meal debt

By Benita Gingerella on Mar. 19, 2024

Also in this week’s K-12 legislative update: Biden’s proposed FY 2025 budget includes funding for expanding free school meal access and a California bill would ban certain additives in school menu items.

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Biden wants college foodservices to refund unused meal-plan dollars

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 15, 2024

The White House is blasting the convention of keeping the money as an abuse akin to junk fees, and wants it to end.

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Minnesota lawmakers consider more funding for universal free meals

By Benita Gingerella on Mar. 12, 2024

Also in this week's K-12 legislative update: Tennessee companion bills would allow schools in the state to serve whole milk again and Delaware lawmakers advance bills addressing lunch shaming and universal free meals.

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3 takeaways from SNA’s Legislative Action Conference

By Benita Gingerella on Mar. 05, 2024

School nutrition professionals traveled to Washington D.C. this week to discuss reimbursement rates, proposed changes to the school nutrition standards and more.

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North Carolina announces $1.3M in grant funding to expand school breakfast

By Benita Gingerella on Mar. 05, 2024

Forty-two public school districts and charter schools in the state will receive financial assistance to implement alternative school breakfast models such as breakfast in the classroom.

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Minnesota bill would provide free milk to students who bring lunch from home

By Benita Gingerella on Feb. 27, 2024

Also in this week’s legislative update: A Oklahoma bill would encourage farm-to-school efforts in the state and Hawaii and Tennessee consider implementing universal free meals at school.

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