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What is Free/Reduced Lunch?
Students coming from low income
families are able to apply for the
free/reduced lunch programs at their
schools. (Sunnucks , 2016) A
free/reduced school lunch is required
to provide certain nutrients to the
students. These lunches can not be
just anything like some believe.
What is in a Lunch?
“School meals are healthy meals that A “reimbursable” meal must contain:
are required to meet the Dietary ● Balance of fruits and veggies
Guidelines for Americans. To receive ● Low-fat or fat-free milk
federal reimbursements, school meal ● Whole grains
programs must offer “reimbursable”
● Lean protein
meals that meet strict federal
● Limited sodium
nutrition standards.” (School
Nutrition Standards)
How did Free/Reduced Lunch
Start?
It all started with National School Lunch Act aka NSLA. In 1946, Congress passed the NSLA,
mandating that all schools have a nonprofit school lunch program. (Rude, 2016) These
programs were required to provide food to qualified students.
Later, Eisenhower and Nixon both increased the budgets for school lunch programs allowing
for more students to qualify.
In 1981, Reagan cut funding by 1.5 billion dollars and declared ketchup a vegetable to meet
nutrient needs. School lunches continued to go down hill until 2010.
In 2010, Michelle Obama started the Hunger-Free Kids Act which allows the Department of
Agriculture to overhaul school meals to meet new nutrition standards. (Rude, 2016)
What is it like here in Arizona?
According to Arizona Department of Education,

there are 1803 schools that have a free/reduced
lunch program.
1803
Schools 600,000 Kids
According to the Governor's Office, there are
nearly 600,00 kids who qualify for free/reduced
lunch in Arizona.
No Food? Big Problem
Without the free/reduced lunch programs there is a portion of students who are simply
unable to get food.
There are also health problems that can manifest if too much of unhealthy foods are
consumed. “Unhealthy dietary habits initiated at a young age may increase the risk of
chronic diseases including heart disease, osteoporosis, obesity, and
various cancers later in life” (Eppes, 2012).
The normal diet of a young adolescent contains too much saturated fat, salt, and sugar and
not enough fruits and vegetables, calcium-containing foods, whole grains, or iron. (Eppes,
2012) Without vital nutrients and too much sodium and fat, it can affect the growth rates
of the child. The vital nutrients is how a child grows big and strong, without those
nutrients, their bones, muscles and organs can not grow properly. Things such as a fatty
liver, high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol can develop from eating too much
junk food.
5 Points
1. On average about 50% of your students will be on a
free/reduced lunch plan in Arizona
2. A free/reduced lunch is required to provide a certain level of
nutrient
3. Without vital nutrients, children can become at risk of many
health issues later in life
4. Providing students with knowledge about what is good to
consume and what is not, is vital for the students later in life.
5. It can be a challenge to get students to eat healthy food
outside of school which is why it is important that healthy
foods are provided in the school setting.
Reference
s
Eppes, E. (2012). Associations among grade, sex, and free and reduced price lunch eligibility with use of nutrition labels in middle and high
school
students (Order No. 1533488). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global: Health & Medicine. (1312740537). Retrieved
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Free and Reduced-Price Percentage Report. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2020, from https://www.azed.gov/hns/frp
Fairfax, VA: US Department of Education. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED556048)
Hoffman, L. (2012). Free and Reduced-Price Lunch Eligibility Data in Ed"Facts": A White Paper on Current Status and Potential Changes (pp.
1-43, Rep.).
Lubienski, S., & Crawford Crane, C. (2010). Beyond Free Lunch: Which Family Background Measures Matter?. education policy analysis
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Rude, E. (2016, September 19). School Lunch in America: An Abbreviated History. Retrieved September 22, 2020, from
2020, from
School Nutrition https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/blog/business/2016/02/record-number-of-schoolchildren-eating-free.html
Standards. (n.d.). Retrieved September 22, 2020, from https://schoolnutrition.org/aboutschoolmeals/schoolnutritionstandards/
Sunnucks, M. (2016, February 16). Record number of schoolchildren eating free, reduced meals at school, 500K in Arizona. Retrieved September
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