About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

RCED-84-132 1 (1984-03-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabelo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 


,  Il  CrD    _.Not to be refnd outWde the Genral
Accounting Office except on the f.tsis of specific approval
by the Office of Congressiopal fleatiens.


BY THE U.S, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE


Report To The Chairman, Committee On

Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry

United States Senate





Participation In The National

School Lunch Program


Legislative changes to the National School Lunch
Program in 1980 and 1981 tightened eligibility re-
quirements for schools and students and reduced the
federal reimbursement rates for free, reduced-price,
and full-price school lunches. GAO analyzed partici-
pation and federal expenditures for the 1979-83
period and found that:

   --Student participation declined from 27 million to
   23.1 million primarily because fewer students
   ate full-price lunches. In 1982 for the firsttime in
   the history of the program, more free and re-
   duced-price lunches were served than full-price
   lunches.
   --The drop in participation by schools and students
   in the program slightly outpaced the drop in the
   number of schools and student enrollment nation-
   ally.
   --Federal program expenditures were greater in
   1983 than at any time except 1981, the peak
   year. Since 1979, the number of families with
   children qualifying for free lunches increased as
   did the percentage of federal expenditures for
   free, lunches. Federal expenditures for reduced-
   price and full-price lunches decreased.


   ,,c~vD Sr7_,


C)k



                                                              GAO/RCEO-84-132
                                         SAS~bSIMARCH 30. 1984

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most