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Title: Cutting School Food Subsidies. Policy Analysis. Number 993
Language: English
Authors: Chris Edwards, Cato Institute
Source: Cato Institute. 2025.
Availability: Cato Institute. 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001-5403. Tel: 202-842-0200; Fax: 202-842-3490; e-mail: subscriptions@cato.org; Web site: http://www.cato.org
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Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Breakfast Programs, Food, Public Schools, Hunger, Nutrition, State Government, Local Government, Government Role, Educational Policy, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Child Health, Federal Government, Federal Aid, Obesity, Deception
Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: National School Lunch Act 1946, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act 2010
Abstract: The US Department of Agriculture runs a large array of farm and food subsidy programs. The school lunch and breakfast programs are two of the largest, which together with related school food programs will cost federal taxpayers an estimated $35 billion in 2025. Thirty million children, about 58 percent of students in public schools, receive school food benefits. The original goal of the school lunch and breakfast programs was to tackle hunger, but the main nutrition problem for children today is not inadequate calories but excessive consumption of unhealthy foods and obesity. Hence, subsidizing school food is an outdated use of federal dollars. Congress should repeal school food programs to reduce budget deficits and hand power back to the states. State and local governments should decide what sort of school food policies to adopt for their own residents.
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