93-1 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT HEARINGS BEFORE THE GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 4974 A BILL TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM OF NUTRITION EDUCA- NFORE GOV'T HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C. MARCH 8, AND JULY 11, 1973 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor UNI NOV 1973 DOCUMENT DEPARTMENT U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1973 20-615 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota EDWIN B. FORSYTHE, New Jersey RONALD A. SARASIN, Connecticut CONTENTS American School Food Service Association Panel: John Perryman, executive director; Josephine Martin, John Stalker, Gene White, Gretchen Plagge, and Jeanette Schinn Martin, Miss Josephine, chairman, legislative chairman, American School Food Service Association, Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Gertrude Griney, director, school nutrition program, State Department of Education, Augusta, Maine; Donald G. Bussler, Pittsburgh Board of Education, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Lucille Barnett, School Food Service, Spartanburg, S.C.; Joe Stewart, Department of Food Service, Board of Education, District of Columbia; and John Perryman, executive director, American School Food Service As- sociation Paige, Dr. David, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Johns Hopkins University; John Kramer, director, National Council on Hunger and Malnutrition, Washington, D.C.; Rodney Leonard, Community Nutrition Institute, Washington, D.C.; Lewis B. Straus, National Child Nutrition Project, New Brunswick, N.J.; and Isabelle Hallahan, president, American Dietetic Association, Farmingdale, N. Y., a panel... Roeck, Dale F., chairman, Council on Dental Health of the American Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.: Barnett, Lucille, R.D., supervisor, School Food Service, Spartanburg, Boling, William G., Associate Director, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, estimates of needy children in national school lunch program, schools eligible for and reached with free or reduced price lunches (table) _. Bower, Mrs. Ima, Carmel, Ind., letter to Hon. Elwood H. Hillis, a Representative in Congress from the State of Indiana, dated July 3, Briggs, George M., professor of nutrition, University of California, Hallahan, İsabelle A., registered dietitian, president, American Die- Griney, M. Gertrude, director, school nutrition programs, Maine De- partment of Educational and Cultural Services, statement of.. Koch, Hon. Edward I., a Representative in Congress from the State Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.—Continued Martin, Josephine, administrator, school food service program, Geor- Paige, David M., associate professor of maternal and child health, Perkins, Hon. Carl D., a Representative in Congress from the State "Briggs v. Kerrigan," a court decision.. "Jones v. Board of Education, Cleveland City School District,' Page 140 8 39 146 103 113 51 "Progress and Problems in Achieving Objectives of School Lunch Plagge, Mrs. Gretchen, director, School Food Service Division, State 17 38 131 Straus, Lewis B., president, National Child Nutrition project, statement of.. 234 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1973 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 9:30 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Carl D. Perkins (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Perkins, Lehman and Quie. Staff members present: John F. Jennings, majority counsel; Charles W. Radcliffe, minority counsel for education; and Mrs. Marian Wyman, special assistant to the chairman. Chairman PERKINS. The committee will come to order. A quorum is present. The General Subcommittee on Education is beginning hearings today on H.R. 4974, a bill to amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act. [Text of H.R. 4974 follows:] [H.R. 4974, 93d Cong., 1st Sess.] A BILL To establish a program of nutrition education for children as a part of the national school lunch and child nutrition programs and to amend the National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Acts for purposes related to strengthening the existing child nutrition programs Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Child Nutrition Education Act of 1973". SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to formulate the basic elements of a nutrition education program for children to be extended on a voluntary basis through State educational agencies to schools and service institutions as a part of the school lunch and child nutrition programs. Such a program shall include, but shall not be limited to, the preparation of course outlines, based on the advice of experts in the field of child nutrition, classroom teaching aids, visual materials, the training of school food service personnel, and the training of teachers to conduct courses in nutrition utilizing the school food service program as a laboratory. In developing such a program the Secretary shall consult with the Office of Education of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and with recognized authorities in the field of human nutrition and nutrition education. (b) For the fiscal year 1974, the Secretary is authorized to use not to exceed $2,000,000 out of funds made available for the conduct of school lunch and child nutrition programs for the purpose of developing a nutrition education program as outlined under (a) above. From the funds made available under this subsection, the Secretary shall advance to each State educational agency an amount not to exceed $25,000 for the fiscal year 1974. The amounts so advanced shall be for the purpose of the employment of a nutrition education specialist in each State educational agency in order to provide for the planning and development of a nutrition education program for the children in each State. |