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“Schools and school food authorities should be able to compete for USDA money to add salad bars, using USDA's application process and limits on who can apply, what equipment counts, and which food-access areas qualify.”
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“Schools in the federal lunch program should provide a milk substitute when a student's disability limits what the student can drink, and a doctor, parent, or guardian should be able to submit the written statement naming the disability and needed substitute.”
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“Schools should be allowed to serve whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, fat-free, and lactose-free milk. Those choices could be plain or flavored, and organic or not organic.”
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“Children should have broader access to summer meal sites, up to three meals and one snack per day during approved periods, and larger summer grocery benefit cards that more children can qualify for.”
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“USDA should encourage more National School Lunch Program schools to add salad bars, help school food staff set them up, and update national salad bar guidance after reviewing program results.”
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“Child care and afterschool programs should be able to give children meals and snacks at no charge, with federal payments up to daily limits for each child.”
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“Schools in the federal lunch program should be allowed to serve whole milk and reduced-fat milk, including organic and non-organic options.”
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“School food authorities should get extra federal money when at least one quarter of their meals use qualifying farm products from the same state or from within 250 miles.”
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“USDA should put school meal programs serving the largest shares of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch first in line for scratch-cooking grants.”
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“Schools should be allowed to serve nondairy drinks when USDA approves them as matching cow's milk in key nutrients, and those approved drinks should be treated like milk for the relevant school lunch rules.”
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“Schools should be able to use scratch-cooking grant money to train cafeteria staff on cooking from basic ingredients, buying food, serving meals, promoting meals, and planning menus.”
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“Participating schools should stop collecting unpaid meal bills from families, and USDA should pay schools back for covered old meal debt.”
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“Covered schools should not collect unpaid meal charges from families, including during the transition to free meals, though they could temporarily track debt amounts needed for federal reimbursement.”
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“Schools should not separate, mark, publicly list, discriminate against, or deny the program meal to a child because of unpaid meal debt.”
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“Schools receiving scratch-cooking grants should get support from a USDA-funded nonprofit help center and work with it to review kitchen equipment, purchasing, and staff skills before creating a plan for using the grant.”
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“Schools in the federal breakfast and lunch programs should offer both meals at no charge to every enrolled child, regardless of family income.”
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