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Last progress January 14, 2026 (3 weeks ago)
Introduced on January 23, 2025 by Roger Wayne Marshall
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
President of the United States
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Allows schools to offer a broader range of milk options in the National School Lunch and related programs — including flavored milk, whole milk, lactose‑free, and approved nondairy beverages — and clarifies counting of milk fat for meal standards and who can excuse a student from milk requirements. Also updates food‑service staff training to add required content about preventing, recognizing, and responding to food‑allergic reactions and aligns certification language to that addition.
Amends Section 9(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(2)) by replacing subparagraph (A) clauses (i) and (ii) with new clauses requiring schools to offer students a variety of fluid milk and permitting milk options that may include flavored and unflavored organic or nonorganic whole, reduced‑fat, low‑fat, fat‑free, lactose‑free fluid milk, and nondairy beverages that are nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk and meet nutrition standards set by the Secretary (including fortification of calcium, protein, vitamin A, and vitamin D to levels found in cow’s milk).
In the same subparagraph (A), amends clause (iii) by replacing the word "physician" with "physician, parent, or legal guardian."
Amends subparagraph (C) of Section 9(a)(2) by replacing the phrase "fluid milk products" with "products described in subparagraph (A)(ii)."
Adds subparagraph (D): milk fat included in any fluid milk provided under subparagraph (A) shall not be considered saturated fat when measuring compliance with the allowable average saturated fat content of a meal under section 210.10 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
Adds subparagraph (E): subparagraph (B)(ii) is not applicable to a school that offers nondairy beverages under subparagraph (A)(ii).
Protecting Children with Food Allergies Act of 2025
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Last progress April 10, 2025 (10 months ago)
Primary effects:
K‑12 schools and school food programs: Must be prepared to offer and procure a broader range of milk and qualifying nondairy beverages, update menus, and document compliance with nutrition standards. Menu planning and inventory procedures may require modest adjustments.
School food‑service staff and local food‑service managers: Required to include new food‑allergy prevention, recognition, and response training in local training modules and to align staff certification language to cover that content. This will likely require updating training materials and delivering additional training time (small administrative and time cost).
Students and families: Gain increased beverage options (including whole and flavored milks and lactose‑free or nondairy alternatives), which may improve meal acceptance and accommodate dietary restrictions/preferences. Allergy‑related safety may improve due to expanded training for staff.
Local education agencies and state child‑nutrition administrators: Need to interpret the clarified excusal authority, adjust procurement guidance, and ensure monitoring and technical assistance reflect the new training and menu provisions.
Nutrition compliance and oversight: The clarification that provided milk fat is not counted as saturated fat affects how meals are evaluated against saturated‑fat limits; oversight entities will need to update guidance and review checklists accordingly.
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