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The Richard B. Russell '''National School Lunch Act''' (79 P.L. 396, 60 Stat. 230) is a 1946 [[United States federal law]] that created the '''National School Lunch Program''' ('''NSLP''') to provide low-cost or free [[School meal|school lunch meals]] to qualified<!-- how do they qualify? --> students through subsidies to schools.<ref name="NSLA-FEP" /> The program was established as a way to prop up [[food prices]] by absorbing farm surpluses, while at the same time providing food to school-age children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/AboutLunch/ProgramHistory_4.htm |title=The National School Lunch Program Background and Development |access-date=April 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907005942/http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/AboutLunch/ProgramHistory_4.htm |archive-date=September 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was named after [[Richard Russell Jr.]], signed into law by President | The Richard B. Russell '''National School Lunch Act''' (79 P.L. 396, 60 Stat. 230) is a 1946 [[United States federal law]] that created the '''National School Lunch Program''' ('''NSLP''') to provide low-cost or free [[School meal|school lunch meals]] to qualified<!-- how do they qualify? --> students through subsidies to schools.<ref name="NSLA-FEP" /> The program was established as a way to prop up [[food prices]] by absorbing farm surpluses, while at the same time providing food to school-age children.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/AboutLunch/ProgramHistory_4.htm |title=The National School Lunch Program Background and Development |access-date=April 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907005942/http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/AboutLunch/ProgramHistory_4.htm |archive-date=September 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was named after [[Richard Russell Jr.]], signed into law by President Harry S. Truman in 1946,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=12410|title=Harry S. Truman: Statement by the President Upon Signing the National School Lunch Act.|website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu|access-date=2017-09-12}}</ref> and entered the federal government into schools' dietary programs on June 4, 1946.<ref name=NSLA-FEP>{{Cite web | url=https://federaleducationpolicy.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/1946-national-school-lunch-act/ | title=National School Lunch Act, 1946| date=February 19, 2011|website=Federal Education Policy History}}</ref> | ||
The majority of the support provided to schools participating in the program comes in the form of a cash reimbursement for each meal served. Schools are also entitled to receive commodity foods and additional commodities as they are available from surplus agricultural stocks. The National School Lunch Program serves 30.5 million children each day for $8.7 billion for the fiscal year 2007. Most participants are also eligible for food during the summer through the [[Summer Food Service Program]]. | The majority of the support provided to schools participating in the program comes in the form of a cash reimbursement for each meal served. Schools are also entitled to receive commodity foods and additional commodities as they are available from surplus agricultural stocks. The National School Lunch Program serves 30.5 million children each day for $8.7 billion for the fiscal year 2007. Most participants are also eligible for food during the summer through the [[Summer Food Service Program]]. | ||