House Bill Suggests Cutting School Meal Changes
From guest blogger Nirvi Shah:
The U.S. House's just-passed agriculture appropriations bill whacks spending for many federal food, nutrition, and ag programs, and House members included language that could undo parts of last year's Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.
In January, the USDA issued proposed changes to the composition of school meals that will cost billions to put into place over time. For that reason, groups including the American Association of School Administrators, the Council of the Great City Schools, and the National School Boards Association opposed the law.
Earlier this year, some House Republicans labeled parts of the new law "government overreach."
Although not included in the text of the bill, the spending plan is accompanied by report language, essentially a nonbinding recommendation, asking the USDA to come up with a new set of nutrition standards for meals that