Approximately 200 school districts across the country have opted out of federal lunch requirements, leaving them free from regulations Michelle Obama pushed in 2010, but without federal subsidies for school lunches.
“It was basically about watching the amount of food get thrown away last year. The kids just didn’t like what we had to offer them,” said Gary Lewis, superintendent of Catlin Public Schools in Illinois. “The new guidelines from the federal level for us were too restrictive.”
Through the lunch program, the federal government dictates the type, amount, and even color of food in public schools. Read more.
This article appeared in School Reform News, published by the Heartland Institute, July 19, 2013.
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