FISCAL Act

This proposal, called the Freedom in School Cafeterias and Lunches Act, would require schools in the National School Lunch Program to offer a variety of milk choices to students, not just one kind. The bill’s stated goal is to make sure schools offer more than one option of milk to students in the lunch program. It also makes clear that plant-based milk counts as an option alongside dairy milk, expanding what schools can serve.

• Who is affected: Students who get school lunches and the schools that serve them.
• What changes: Schools would need to offer multiple milk options, including dairy and plant-based milk; related parts of the National School Lunch Act are updated to fit this change.
• When: The text provided does not list an effective date.