Fact Sheet

Ensure USDA maintains the current, successful school nutrition standards, rather than implementing additional rules.  

Ensure USDA maintains the current, successful school nutrition standards, rather than implementing additional rules.  

Permanently increase federal reimbursement rates for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP) by 40 cents per lunch and 15 cents per breakfast.  

Expand NSLP/SBP to offer healthy school meals for all students at no charge.  

Expand NSLP/SBP to offer healthy school meals for all students at no charge Pandemic waivers allowed all schools to offer free meals to all students, ensuring every child was fueled…

Reduce regulatory and administrative burdens.  Overly complex federal regulations divert resources from the mission of serving students. Streamlining regulations will minimize costs, support efficient operations and allow school nutrition professionals…

Make permanent the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP) reimbursement rate increase provided in the bipartisan Keep Kids Fed Act (PL 117-158). School meal programs have always operated…

Ensure USDA maintains current school nutrition standards, rather than implements additional, unachievable rules. Research shows students eat their healthiest meals at school, thanks to current nutrition standards, which limit calories, fat and sodium…

National supply chain disruptions and labor shortages have severely impacted the financial and operational sustainability of school meal programs in every geographic region and all district sizes. SNA’s November  2021 Supply…

Overly complex federal regulations divert resources from the mission of serving students. Streamlining regulations will minimize costs, support efficient operations and allow school nutrition professionals to dedicate more time and…