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Senate legislation would extend school meal waivers

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."
 Full Story: NBC News (3/31),  Politico (3/31)