Sentences with phrase «old national school lunch program»

It is for all these reasons and more that President Barack Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 on December 13, 2010, a law that will not only change the nutritional guidelines of the 65 - year - old National School Lunch Program, but will also provide the program's first noninflationary budget increase in more than three decades; a total of $ 4.5 billion over 10 years, which includes an additional 6 cents per meal, per child.

Later this month the Republican - dominated U.S. House likely will approve a cost - cutting bill that would dismantle the 48 - year - old National School Lunch Program, giving control of school - based feeding programs to individual states.

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