PILOT-UNIVERSAL LUNCH PROGRAM HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 13452 A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR A PROGRAM OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO TEST AND EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS, NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, AND POTENTIAL COSTS OF A UNIVERSAL FOOD SERVICE AND NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 20, 1972 86-070 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR EDITH GREEN, Oregon CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota EDWIN D. ESHLEMAN, Pennsylvania EARL B. RUTH, North Carolina PETER A. PEYSER, New York (II) CONTENTS Page Neily, Adelaide, Fairfax County, Virginia Public Schools_ Taylor, Bryan P., superintendent of schools, San Diego Independent School District, San Diego, Tex.- Vanik, Hon. Charles A., a Representative in Congress from the State Bartlett, Lawrence, chairman, State directors section, American School Food Service Association, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated May 11, 1972, enclosing data on participation and plate waste in the Eddy, Regina M., legislative council representative, department of Manchester, Katharine E., president, the American Dietetic Associa- tion, letter to Chairman Perkins, dated April 4, 1972. Vanik, Hon. Charles A., a Representative in Congress from the 33 Letter from C. E. Bevins, director, division of school lunch, Department of Education, Frankfort, Ky., dated Jan. 6, 1972 Letter from Barbara Bode, vice president, the Children's Founda- PILOT UNIVERSAL LUNCH PROGRAM MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1972 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D.C. The committee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Carl D. Perkins (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Representatives Perkins, Green, Quie, Ruth, and Veysey. Staff members present: Marian Wyman, special assistant to the chairman, and Charles W. Radcliffe, minority counsel for education. (Text of H.R. 13452 follows:) [H.R. 13452, 92d Cong., second sess.] A BILL To provide for a program of demonstration projects to test and evaluate the effectiveness, nutri. tional benefits, administrative procedures, and potential costs of a universal food service and nutrition education program for children Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN UNIVERSAL FOOD SERVICE AND NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS "SEC. 810. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this section referred to as the Secretary), in cooperation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, is directed to formulate and administer cooperatively with State educational agencies a program of grants for demonstration projects designed to provide universal food service and nutrition education programs. "(b) Demonstration projects supported under this section shall "(1) be designed to provide each child in attendance an equal opportunity to participate on the same basis as all other children with no discrimination as to time and place of serving or types or amounts of food offered; "(2) be conducted on a nonprofit basis under the supervision of the governing authorities of participating schools; and "(3) provide at least one meal a day without charge to all children in attendance; such meals shall consist of a combination of foods meeting a minimum of one-third of the child's minimal daily nutritional requirements. Additional meals and/or supplemental food services may be offered to all children in attendance at varying times of the day based on nutritional needs. Projects supported under this section shall be distributed to the greatest extent possible thoughout the Nation and carried out in both urban and rural areas. In supporting projects under this section, the Secretary shall seek to achieve a distribution which allows for support of projects (1) in public and private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools, including kindergartens or child care centers where they are operated as part of the school system; (2) in low, middle, and high income areas; (3) which allow for evaluating varying methods of food preparation, delivery service, including central and satellite kitchens or commercially supplied food service; (4) in districtwide programs as well as in pilot operations and individual school attendance units; and (5) in school districts with varying ethnic and racial enrollments. |