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School Meal Programs: Additional Data and Outreach Could Help Charter School Participation. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-25-106846
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Kathryn Larin – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
The school meal programs provide nutritious meals to millions of students each day. In fiscal year 2023, federal spending for these programs was $21 billion. It is unclear how many charter schools participate in these programs or what factors can affect their participation. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review charter…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Charter Schools, Participation
Using American Community Survey Data to Expand Access to the School Meals Program
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Schirm, Allen, Ed.; Kirkendall, Nancy, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2012
The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, administered by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are key components of the nation's food security safety net, providing free or low-cost meals to millions of schoolchildren each day. To qualify their children each year for free or…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, School Districts, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition
Student and Parent Perceptions of Barriers to and Benefits of the School Breakfast Program in Elementary Schools in Southeast Alabama
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Sabol, Alexis; Struempler, Barbara J.; Zizza, Claire A. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2011
Purpose/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the factors impacting participation in the School Breakfast Program (SBP) for elementary school students in southeast Alabama. Methods: Focus groups were used to gather qualitative data from southeastern Alabama public school fourth and fifth grade students and their parents. Six student…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Focus Groups, Breakfast Programs, Nutrition
Geographic Differences in Physical Education and Adolescent BMI: Have Legal Mandates Made a Difference?
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Anderson, Laura M.; Aycock, Katherine E.; Mihalic, Caitlin A.; Kozlowski, Darcie J.; Detschner, Angela M. – Journal of School Nursing, 2013
The school environment is an ideal setting for healthy weight programming with adolescents. The federal government has reinforced the importance of school-based health promotion. The current study examined the preliminary influence of the 2006 school wellness policy requirement of the "Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act"…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Body Composition, Adolescents, Health Promotion
Operational Issues Encountered by School Nutrition Directors in School Districts with Less than 30,000 Student Enrollment
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Rushing, Keith; Nettles, Mary Frances; Johnson, James T. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2009
Purpose: To identify operational issues and practices associated with operating school nutrition (SN) programs in school districts with less than 30,000 student enrollment. Method: The survey was adapted from a similar study that explored operational issues in school districts with enrollments of 30,000 or more students. The survey asked SN…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Nutrition, School District Size, School Districts
Federal Child Nutrition Programs Are Important to Rural Households. Issue Brief No. 11
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Wauchope, Barbara; Shattuck, Anne – Carsey Institute, 2010
This brief, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, examines how rural families use four of the major federal child nutrition programs. It finds that 29 percent of rural families with children participate but that there are barriers to these nutrition programs, such as the lack of public transportation and high operating costs for rural schools…
Descriptors: Transportation, Nutrition, Rural Schools, Federal Programs