Furthermore, if SNA's current request for school
meal waiver language in the 2015 appropriations bill is successful, schools obtaining such waivers are very likely to return to the old system, causing harm to the produce industry.
Meanwhile, the House Appropriations subcommittee yesterday released its fiscal year 2015 agriculture appropriations bill, which included
language that would allow any school district which operated its
meal program at a loss for at least six months this past school year to seek a
waiver from compliance in the coming year with the new, healthier school food standards.