As you know, The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) has come under critical examinations due to increase in the cost of public schools around the whole country. The National School Lunch Program is promoted by Michelle Obama, who is the first lady of the United States of America. This research will cover areas of this topic like how the National School Lunch Program affects a school’s budget, benefits of the National School Lunch Program, some concerns with the National School Lunch Program, and if the benefits outweigh the cost. There will also be material about my own opinion on this topic. As I said, there will be material about my own opinion on this topic. I think that the National School Lunch Program affects the school budget because
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One of the benefits is that good balanced meal which is nutritious and has milk, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Also, have a good nutritious meal can help students with their academics and can help students concentrate on their work. Another benefit would be that students who live in families with low incomes can get free or reduced lunch; this helps families in need and also helps the school 's budget due to reimbursement. To get the free or reduced lunch, the family 's income would have to lower than 130 percent of the federal poverty level. Reduced lunch is also an option with low income but not as low as others; for the reduced lunch, a family 's income would have to be higher than 130 percent of the federal poverty level and less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level. Next in the research I will write about the economic impact of the National School Lunch Program on school budgets across my state. The National School Lunch Program is affecting the school budget because the prices are going up. Since a lot of people do not enjoy the school lunch, the prices are going up due to the law of demand. According to the law of demand, when the quantity of demand goes down the prices rise and when the quantity of demand increases the prices decrease. In this case, however, the prices are increasing and the quantity of demand is decreasing, which …show more content…
Every year we sold cookies right after school occasionally, the profit from the cookies would help pay for the expenses of going to nationals for the students going to nationals every year and help for transportation to getting to states. The National School Lunch Program has a regulation now that snacks over two hundred calories and over two hundred thirty milligrams of sodium cannot be sold until thirty minutes after the dismissal bell has rung. By that time all of the kids would have gone home and we would have no customers sell the cookies to. Since this was our main source of fundraising, we have a very low budget in the club. We have also tried to buy cookies will lowers calories and sodium that meets the regulations of the National School Lunch Program, but nobody would be willing to by the cookies just because they simply don’t like the
One of the benefits is that good balanced meal which is nutritious and has milk, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Also, have a good nutritious meal can help students with their academics and can help students concentrate on their work. Another benefit would be that students who live in families with low incomes can get free or reduced lunch; this helps families in need and also helps the school 's budget due to reimbursement. To get the free or reduced lunch, the family 's income would have to lower than 130 percent of the federal poverty level. Reduced lunch is also an option with low income but not as low as others; for the reduced lunch, a family 's income would have to be higher than 130 percent of the federal poverty level and less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level. Next in the research I will write about the economic impact of the National School Lunch Program on school budgets across my state. The National School Lunch Program is affecting the school budget because the prices are going up. Since a lot of people do not enjoy the school lunch, the prices are going up due to the law of demand. According to the law of demand, when the quantity of demand goes down the prices rise and when the quantity of demand increases the prices decrease. In this case, however, the prices are increasing and the quantity of demand is decreasing, which …show more content…
Every year we sold cookies right after school occasionally, the profit from the cookies would help pay for the expenses of going to nationals for the students going to nationals every year and help for transportation to getting to states. The National School Lunch Program has a regulation now that snacks over two hundred calories and over two hundred thirty milligrams of sodium cannot be sold until thirty minutes after the dismissal bell has rung. By that time all of the kids would have gone home and we would have no customers sell the cookies to. Since this was our main source of fundraising, we have a very low budget in the club. We have also tried to buy cookies will lowers calories and sodium that meets the regulations of the National School Lunch Program, but nobody would be willing to by the cookies just because they simply don’t like the