A price increase, approved by the Tipton County school board, will raise Tipton County school lunch prices $.25 for the 2012-2013 school year. The increase will pay for the new federal mandate, the Healthy Hunger-Free Schools’Act. Passed in December 2011, the mandate calls for its implementation in all schools by the 2012-2013 school year. Guidelines for the act included requiring more fruits and vegetables to be offered daily; a weekly maximum calorie count for students and the introduction of whole grains at least three times a week. “With this new act we are required to serve more fr...
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Sherri Onorati, sonorati@covingtonleader.com
The Leader