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Updates to School Nutrition Standards will raise costs, Congressional Research Service report shows

 By Benita Gingerella on Jun. 12, 2024

The report says that the changes will cost school nutrition programs an estimated additional 3 cents per meal on average.

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Connecticut will again cover reduced-priced meals at school this fall

By Benita Gingerella on Jun. 11, 2024

Also in this week’s legislative update: An amended school nutrition New Hampshire Bill goes to the full House floor for a vote.

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California bill that would ban certain additives in school meals clears State Assembly

By Benita Gingerella on May 28, 2024

Also in this week’s K-12 legislative update: Iowa announces summer meal site grant recipients and Delaware bill that would expand free school meal access takes another step forward to becoming a law.

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Minnesota lawmakers say yes to farm-to-school funding

By Benita Gingerella on May 14, 2024

Also in this week’s K-12 legislative update: A Connecticut bill that would set up a child nutrition outreach program has been approved by lawmakers.

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New York and Pennsylvania provide grant funding for farm-to-school programs

By Benita Gingerella on May 07, 2024

Also in this week’s legislative update: Oklahoma says okay to electronic school meal applications and New Hampshire lawmakers rework a bill that would make a handful of changes to school nutrition programs.

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Federal lawmaker calls on peers to address school nutrition staffing issues

By Benita Gingerella on Apr. 30, 2024

Also in this week’s K-12 legislative update: lawmakers in Maryland and Delaware take action on bills related to universal free meals.

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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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