Sentences with phrase «federal school nutrition»

The 2010 federal school nutrition standards have helped educate many of our students about new and healthy foods.

Solving that conundrum is especially urgent now because new federal school nutrition regulations in the works could soon require schools to serve more — and more expensive — fresh produce, lean meats and whole grains.

Late last year, Ellen Haas, the nation's school lunchroom manager, and Timon, the wisecracking Meercat cartoon character from Disney's «The Lion King,» toured public schools in Atlanta selling the new federal school nutrition guidelines.

As was the case in Georgia's so - called «bake sale showdown» this battle tends to be framed as «a decision that weigh [s] federal school nutrition regulations against local districts» efforts to raise funds,» but let's be utterly clear about what's really going on here: it is a decision that weighs student health against local districts» efforts to raise funds.

To align with federal school nutrition standards, the state policy was repealed, eliminating most of the restrictions on foods at the state level.

Congress is scheduled to review federal school nutrition guidelines this fall.

It is time to set the record straight: School districts are committed to providing healthy meals to students, and NSBA has actively and long supported the federal school nutrition program.

The Act provides funding for schools to meet the federal school nutrition requirements for school meals.