We learned that 37 percent of their pupils qualify for
the federal subsidized lunch program, almost the same as the 39 percent in the national public high school population.
For a final check, we added controls for a full set of cohort - level variables, including race, gender, participation in
the federal subsidized lunch program, and median zip code income.
Not exact matches
For the first time, a majority of the country's public school students — 51 percent of them, to be precise — fell below the
federal government's threshold for being «low income,» meaning they were eligible for a free or
subsidized school
lunch.
In 2013, for the first time, a majority of public - school students in this country — 51 percent, to be precise — fell below the
federal government's low - income cutoff, meaning they were eligible for a free or
subsidized school
lunch.
The new standards, which go into effect July 1, mark the first time the U.S. Department of Agriculture program will directly dictate nutrition for any food sold in schools during the school day — not just the traditional
lunches and breakfasts long
subsidized through the
federal school
lunch program.
The
Federal Government
subsidizes the National Free
Lunch Program, and they changed the Free Lunch kids lunch menus to EXCLUDE «a la cart» items such as tater tots
Lunch Program, and they changed the Free
Lunch kids lunch menus to EXCLUDE «a la cart» items such as tater tots
Lunch kids
lunch menus to EXCLUDE «a la cart» items such as tater tots
lunch menus to EXCLUDE «a la cart» items such as tater tots etc..
D.C. Central Kitchen's bid for the pilot contract was «somewhat more» than the $ 2.70 - per - meal benchmark the schools had set in their request for proposals, representing approximately the amount the
federal government provides for a fully -
subsidized school
lunch.
The guidelines are taught to children in school and govern the menu for
subsidized school
lunches and others
federal food aid.
While the
federal lunch program
subsidizes school meals at a rate of $ 2.68 each, schools must shoulder the other costs.
As the New York Times article discusses more fully, the impetus for the price increase was a finding by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a research organization in Washington, that by keeping the price of the full meal too low, the paid meals were effectively being
subsidized by the
federal dollars which are supposed to be allocated to the meals provided to kids who are on free / reduced
lunch.
Controversial
federal legislation to limit funding for
subsidized school
lunches and change some of the program's nutritional standards passed a House committee on a 20 - 14 vote May 18, and the proposal is being hammered by critics who believe it would endanger the health of American school children.
The
federal government now
subsidizes school
lunches to the tune of almost $ 9.5 billion every year.