The SNA is also asking USDA to extend the comment period on the new competitive food rules which, if they go into effect as planned on July 1st, will represent
the first meaningful regulation of snack foods on school campuses, everything from vending machine offerings to the items offered in cafeteria «a la carte» lines.
«Unlike the administration's useless gestures around the Johnson Amendment, these
regulations signal
meaningful enforcement of existing protections for religious liberty,» said John Inazu, a law professor at Washington University and a
First Amendment expert.