4/1/22
National school meal waivers allowing for free meals and increased reimbursement rates that were left out of a recent federal spending bill would be extended under a separate bill, the Support Kids Not Red Tape Act, introduced by two US senators Thursday. Diane Pratt-Heavner, director of media relations for the School Nutrition Association, said there will be a decline in access to summer meals if the USDA waivers are not extended, and SNA President Beth Wallace called the proposed bill "absolutely critical to sustaining school meal programs."