School Lunch

The National School Lunch Program serves nutritious meals to K-12 students at little or no cost. In California, all public schools must make at least one such meal per day available to any enrolled student who is determined eligible for free or reduced-price school meals.

CFPA Primary Contact

Markell Lewis
Nutrition Policy Advocate
Oakland Office
510.433.1122 ext. 107
markell@cfpa.net

School Lunch Updates & News

• AB 1678 Introduced

  2.14.2012 Today Assemblymember Bill Monning (Carmel) introduced AB 1678: Building Healthy School Environments – Curb Mobile Vending to Kids. CFPA is excited to sponsor Read more here…

• AB 1594: Improving Charter School Nutrition Introduced

  2.10.2012 Assembly Member Mike Eng (D- Monterey Park) has introduced CFPA’s 2012 legislative proposal, Improving Charter School Nutrition: Hunger Is Not a Choice. AB 1594 proposes to extend the the needy-student meal mandate to Read more here…

• Students Can Expect Healthier School Meals Next Year

  1.25.2012 Secretary Vilsack and the First Lady announced today at Parklawn Elementary School in Virginia the release of new nutrition standards for school meals. This is the first Read more here…

• Marketing Strategies to Boost Demand for School Lunch

  1.4.2012 School Nutrition Policy Webinar Series 
brought to you by The Los Angeles County Department of Public Read more here…

• Supporting LAUSD's Healthy School Menu

  12.22.2011  As you may have heard on the radio or read in the newspapers this week, the innovative changes in Los Angeles cafeteria menus are under the microscope. Read more here…

School Lunch Legislation

AB 1594 (Eng) 2012

Improving Charter School Nutrition: Hunger Should Not Be a Choice link

Building Healthy School Food Environments

Curb Mobile Vending to Kids link

Boost School Meal Participation

Lining Up to Remove Stigma link

Reports & Data

• Statewide School Meal Statistics

  Participation data for school lunch and school breakfast (2009-10) PDF

• Improving Water Consumption

  Challenges, Promising Practices,
  and Next Steps PDF

• The State of the Plate

  Report on student consumption practices in LA Unified School District PDF

Useful Links

• USDA Program Data

  Available program data from USDA link

• Menu Planning Examples

  Offered by the CA Department of Education for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program link

• USDA Provision 1, 2 & 3

  For more information on Provision 1, Provision 2, and Provision3 visit USDA FNS link