Specifically, the SNA is asking to: keep the level
of whole grains in the total
number of grain foods served at 25 %; avoid further reductions in sodium; eliminate the requirement that kids take fruit or a vegetable with their
meal (returning to the old system in which kids could — and often did — pass up those healthful foods); and allow schools to sell on a daily basis a la carte items like pizza and fries, as opposed to the
current plan which would allow these items to be sold only on the same day they appeared on the main lunch line.
The centerpiece
of Brown's plan is the Local Control Funding Formula, which rolls virtually all
of the state's
current maze
of spending on schools into a more simplified block grant system where districts with higher
numbers of English learners and students receiving subsidized
meals would be provided additional dollars.