Today Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) announced her introduction of H.R. 6541, the Local Control of School Lunch Act. This bill would provide students and school lunch workers relief from rigid federal school lunch requirements that are causing large amounts of food waste and diminished use of the school lunch program. Hartzler’s legislation would allow states to set their own whole grain requirements, sodium and calorie limits, and provide flexibility on fruit and vegetable requirements for high school grade levels. Additionally, it would return control of school lunch pricing to local administrators.
“This legislation provides flexibility to school administrators and gives students more options at lunch time,” Hartzler, a former family and consumer sciences teacher for 11 years said. “Common-sense changes need to be made to the National School Lunch Program to ensure all children have access to nutritious, affordable meals they will eat without putting unnecessary burdens on our local school districts resulting in food that is thrown away. Local schools require permanent relief and local control, not more federal mandates.”
Hartzler also introduced a bill in the last Congress to allow school lunch pricing decisions to be made at the local level. “Washington should not dictate the price of our local school lunches nor prescribe what our kids eat. As a parent and a former school teacher, I know how important it is to empower our schools to do what’s best for their students,” Hartzler said. “I’m doing everything I can to make sure our students are successful, and one aspect of that is making sure they have access to a filling, nutritious lunches they can enjoy,” she added.
4 comments:
Ok, I can go along with some of it, but dietary concerns are there when you let locals buy from their own buddies. I can see fat and sugar coming back into our lunch programs causing increasing health concerns for the children. Isn't that why Michelle got involved in the first place and tried to educate children and stupid adults what was good and what was bad. Again the republicans are interfering with the progression of trying to steer better health habits in children. I suppose now the locals will introduce soda machines with high sugar content drinks for kids to buy and all educated habits will be on the back burner. The state needs to see that locals do not adulterate the good done by the past administration. Think increased health problems leading to higher health care costs not supported by the republicans. Pre-existing conditions will prevail.
Obama introduced the original program so it is being targeted to be removed. It is as simple as that. The dumpster fire president and his pyromaniacs are burning anything down that Obama enacted. No surprise here.
Obama was trash, only interested in building a Muslim kingdom
Harvey Hutchinson 303-522-6622 voice&text
Keep it up Harvey as the republican who vote for your kind start believing in lies the more you repeat them. Too bad you and your kind are so insecure to believe a black person could be anything more than evil in disguise. We in the US have a history of vilification of minorities and you and your kind are going to be placed in that era of shame that the future will have to bear. I assume all that we have seen lately in Missouri let alone the nation with republicans antics are something to admire. So sad your kind are still around and cannot accept that all people are equal and capable of being good. Your minister must be so proud of you.
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