[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Senate Agriculture Committee set to move to reauthorize child nutrition programs[/title][fusion_text]Wednesday, January 13th 2016
The Senate Agriculture Committee is set to move a bipartisan bill next week to reauthorize child nutrition programs and provide some permanence to higher school meal standards that the Obama administration implemented. The School Nutrition Association, which represents local school meal programs, and the School Superintendents Association wrote lawmakers last fall appealing for more funding to cover the higher costs incurred because of the higher standards. The committee has set a markup for the bill on January 20th. Minnesota GOP Rep. John Kline, the chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, which has jurisdiction over child nutrition programs in that chamber, has said he plans to move his own version of the legislation.
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