Schools Ready to Ditch Michelle Obama’s Healthy Lunch Rules

Michelle Obama sits with winners of 2016 Kids' Healthy Lunchtime Challenge in the East Room of the White House / AP

BY: Jack Heretik Follow @JackHeretik
March 15, 2017 9:58 am

Schools across the country are ready to do away with former First Lady Michelle Obama's healthy lunch rules.

With President Donald Trump in office, school cafeteria workers are hoping to have the rules overturned, the Washington Examiner reports.

Nutrition was one of Obama's main focuses while she was in the White House. But the standards that were put in place by the federal government did not go over well with students and schools. The School Nutrition Association, a nonprofit professional organization that represents over 57,000 members that work in school food service, has said studies show that fewer students are eating the lunches, leading to higher food waste and higher costs. If schools do decide to get rid of the program, then they face federal subsidy cuts.

Rep. Mark Meadows (R., N.C.) is taking steps to repeal the Health Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, but many are hoping that Trump will unilaterally remove the regulations

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