Sentences with phrase «traditional school lunch programs»

Many traditional school lunch programs, for example, have long since expanded to include breakfast, after - school snacks, and even dinner.

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The CWES lunch program is not a traditional school hot lunch program and does not qualify for the free and reduced lunch funding.

The program not only provided fresh, local produce to the students, it also served as an alternative to the traditional school lunch, offering all five components necessary to be a reimbursable meal.

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.

Stein objected to a provision in the proposed legislation that would enable charter schools, which are public but not subject to the same curricular standards or oversight rules as traditional public schools, to share in the funds reimbursed to local public schools for their support of the federal school lunch program.

One key difference, however, is that the Barefoot - Hise proposal would order traditional school systems to share myriad funds currently not accessible to charters, including gifts, sales tax dollars and federal grants and reimbursements, at least one pool of which is used to offset the costs of school lunch programs, even though many charters do not participate in such programs.

63 % qualify for the free or reduced - fee federal lunch program compared to 48 % in traditional public schools.

Federal appropriations for programs that charters don't provide, indirect cost reimbursements for school lunches that charters don't offer, and grant awards specifically targeted toward traditional public schools that support innovative methods to boost student achievement could all be up for grabs by charter schools.

Other sources — such as funding for pre-K programs, Junior ROTC, school rental fees and the «direct» costs of school lunch programs — would remain with traditional public schools.

In addition, the traditional schools have a slightly higher percentage of students who qualify for the federal free or reduced - price lunch program.»