How Would High-Poverty Schools in Your Community Fare Under the House Child Nutrition Bill?

(April 21) – A child nutrition reauthorization bill that Rep. Todd Rokita, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, introduced yesterday would severely restrict schools’ eligibility for community eligibility — an option within the national school lunch and breakfast programs allowing high-poverty schools to provide meals at no charge to all students.