CONTENTS Perkins, Hon. Carl D., chairman, Committee on Education and Labor_ Perryman, Dr. John, executive director, American School Food Service Association, accompanied by Miss Louise A. K. Frolich, assistant for legislative affairs, American School Food Service Association, Colorado; Samuel Vanneman, Washington representative, American School Food Service Association, Washington, D.C., and the follow- ing panel: Wade Bash, State director Food Services, Ohio; Mrs. L. Gene White, director School Food Service, China Lake Elementary School, China Lake, Calif.; Miss Josephine Martin, State director Food Services, Georgia; John Stalker, director, Food Services, Massachusetts; Miss Frances Fischer, Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, representing the Bash, Wade D., chief, School Food Service program, Ohio Department Beavo, Mrs. Kay, secretary, Sacramento District, California Dietetic Association, Woodland, Calif., letter to Chairman Pucinski, dated Edwards, Walter F., director, Department of School Lunch, Board of Education of Baltimore County, letter to Chairman Pucinski, dated Elliott, John M., executive director, Legislative Affairs Agency, State of Alaska, letter to Chairman Pucinski, dated July 30, 1971, enclos- Fischer, Miss Frances E., assistant professor of nutrition, Case West- Gaidzik, Edward F., director of school lunch of the city of Chicago, Merdes. Hon. Edward A., senator, State of Alaska, letter to Chairman Pucinski, dated July 27, 1971__ Nunn, Ira H., Washington counsel, National Restaurant Association, letter to Chairman Pucinski, dated July 6, 1971__. Perkins, Hon. Carl D., chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, Riles, Wilson, State superintendent of public instruction and director of education, State of California, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated Stalker, John C., director, Massachusetts Department of Education, Bureau of Nutrition Education and School Food Services, statement (III) CHILD FEEDING AND NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAMS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10:40 a.m., in room 2261, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Roman C. Pucinski (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Pucinski and Veysey. Also present: Hon. Carl D. Perkins, chairman of the full committee. Staff members present: John Jennings, counsel; Alexandra J. Kisla, clerk; Toni Painter, secretary; Charles Radcliffe, minority counsel, and Dennis Taylor, minority associate counsel. (Text of H.R. 5291 follows:) (1) 92D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5291 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 1, 1971 Mr. PERKINS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To establish a universal food service and nutrition education program for children. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Child Nutrition Act of 4 1971". 5 6 7 FINDING AND DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds that (1) the proper nutrition of the Nation's children is a matter of highest 8 priority, (2) there is a demonstrated relationship between the 9 intake of food and good nutrition and the capacity of children 10 to develop and learn, (3) the teaching of the principles of 11 good nutrition in schools has been seriously inadequate, as I 2 1 evidenced by the existence of poor or less than adequate diets 2 at all levels of family income, (4) any procedure or "means 3 test" to determine the eligibility of a child for a free or re4 duced-price meal is degrading and injurious both to the child 5 and his parents, and (5) the national school lunch and re6 lated child nutrition programs, while making significant con7 tributions in the field of applied nutrition research, are not, as 8 presently constituted, capable of achieving the goal of good 9 nutrition for all children. 10 (b) It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to assure adequate nutrition offerings for the Nation's chil12 dren, to encourage the teaching of the principles of good nu13 trition as an integral part of the total educational process, 14 and to strengthen State and local administration of food 15 service programs for children. It is further declared to be 16 the policy of Congress that food service programs conducted 17 under this Act be available to all children on the same basis 18 without singling out or identifying certain children as differ 19 20 * 2 2 2 2 2 21 22 23 ent from their classmates. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNIVERSAL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN SEC. 3. The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to formulate and administer cooperatively with the State educational agencies, a universal food service and nutrition education program for |