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10/20/22 US lawmakers seek soy milk option for schools Louisiana Illuminator
4/1/21 US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults AP News
1/30/20 US government basically declares war on millions of school children The Hill
8/31/19 US attorney: States can't sue feds over lunch program changes Education Dive
8/15/23 Updating school nutrition standards could save 10,600 lives per year K-12 Dive
4/24/24 Updates to the School Nutrition Standards USDA Food and Nutrition Service
5/11/22 Updated school nutrition standards reduced weight gain in students from low-income families, study says FoodService Director
5/5/23 Unpaid meal debt totaled $19 million this school year NewsNation
1/8/19 University of Minnesota study links adversity in early life to childhood obesity MinnPost
3/12/22 Universal school meals urged at SXSW EDU, but Congress shutters the idea K-12 Dive
2/17/23 Universal school meals improve attendance for youngest students K-12 Dive
8/2/21 Universal school meals gain even more support Public News Service
4/5/22 Universal school meals back on table in bipartisan Senate proposal K-12 Dive
2/15/21 Universal school meals are the best response to food insecurity Brattleboro Reformer
8/11/22 Universal school meal program to be on the ballot in Colorado KUSA-TV (Denver)
4/13/23 Universal school meal legislation stalls in some states K-12 Dive
5/13/24 Universal School Lunches Could Improve Children's Nutrition and Help Local Farmers Non-Profit Quarterly
9/19/22 Universal school lunch bill proposed in PA Times Observer (Pennsylvania)
9/14/23 Universal free school meals keeping Massachusetts students more awake during class Boston Herald
7/20/22 Universal free school lunch program is set to expire The Washington Post
3/18/22 Universal free school lunch is set to expire. Some lawmakers want to keep it going. Colorado Public Radio
5/9/21 Universal Free Lunch Program could create funding conundrum for local school district Vail Daily
10/18/19 Universal free lunch is linked to better test scores, new report finds Chalkbeat
8/24/22 Universal free lunch has ended: ‘Students can’t learn if they’re hungry’ Today
10/18/22 Universal free lunch for Colorado’s public school students? Voters will decide Colorado Public Radio
11/9/22 Universal free lunch ballot measure passes easily in Colorado NPR
5/3/22 Universal access to free meals at schools can lead to lower grocery bills and healthier food purchases The Conversation
8/28/19 U.S. to states: School lunch changes none of your business Reuters
11/27/18 U.S. officials say tainted romaine lettuce appears to be from California Reuters
6/6/23 U.S. House committee approves bills on whole milk Iowa Capital Dispatch
7/20/23 U.S. Government Accountability Office shares recommendations to improve USDA Foods in Schools FoodService Director
6/14/22 U.S. free school meal program ends June 30 - What next? Newsweek
6/23/23 U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide school nutrition programs additional procurement aid FoodService Director
2/27/23 Turning K-12 'cafeterias into classrooms' to address food waste Public News Service
1/18/20 Trump Targets Michelle Obama’s School Nutrition Guidelines on Her Birthday The New York Times
6/25/19 Trump plan to re-calculate poverty level would affect school lunch, Head Start eligibility Education Dive
4/4/19 Trump Administration Sued Over Rollback of School Lunch Standards The New York Times
12/14/18 Trump Administration Further Relaxes School Lunch Rules EdWeek Blog
10/9/20 Trump Administration Extends Free Meals for Kids for Entire School Year USDA
10/18/19 Trump Administration Delays Cuts to Food Stamps and School Meals The New York Times
8/28/19 Trump administration argues states have no say in healthy school lunch requirements rollback The Hill
7/18/20 To Help Recover From COVID-19, We Need Universal Free School Meals Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
1/7/21 To Balance Budget, Districts Offer Meals For All Families Regardless of Income The Independent News
2/19/21 Timing of food stamps can affect students’ test scores, study finds Education Week
2/14/19 Time to eat school lunch affects elementary students' nutrient consumption (PDF) Journal of Child Nutrition & Management
2/5/19 Thompson, Peterson Introduce Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2019 Congressman Thompson Press Release
9/16/19 This Is Why The U.S. Is Failing To Tackle Childhood Obesity Huffington Post
12/25/18 This is what the USDA will and will not do during a government shutdown Des Moines Register
12/18/19 This 5-year-old paid off the lunch balances for 123 students by selling cocoa and cookies CNN
10/19/20 Thinking HACCP in a COVID-19 world School Nutrition

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