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Free and Reduced Lunch Program
The National School Lunch Act began in 1946. Provides students with a lunch for free or at a reduced price. Based on family income. -
American School Food Service Association.
State affiliate organizations were encouraged to align under the national umbrella. This meant giving a specific national identity to that umbrella, and thus the organization changed its name to the American School Food Service Association. -
National School Lunch Week.
A joint resolution in Congress establishes an annual National School Lunch Week -
National Food Service Management
The Association works with the National Food Service Management Institute to develop nutrition integrity standards. These are used in the 1994 development of Keys to Excellence: Standards of Practice for Nutrition Integrity, a self-assessment tool designed to assist operators in improving their programs. -
Child nutrition
Child nutrition programs are challenged, as Congress seeks to cut government spending. The “Contract with America” includes welfare-reform provisions to cut all child nutrition entitlement programs in favor of block grants to the states. Block grants are defeated, and child nutrition programs remain intact. -
Child Nutrition
The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 mandates local school wellness policies involving communities in establishing healthy school environments.
