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| http://stivers.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=364004 | Stivers Urges USDA to Make School Lunch Rules More Flexible | 2013-12-10 | 2013 | 2013-12 | Republican | House | OH | Steve Stivers | S001187 | stivers.house.gov | legacy | **CLICK HERE FOR STIVERS' LETTER TO SECRETARY VILSACK** WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the urging of school nutrition officials, Congressman Steve Stivers (R – OH) today sent a letter with 28 bipartisan cosigners to Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to permanently eliminate a grain and protein limit that makes it difficult for local school officials to address children’s nutritional needs in school meals. This letter closely follows a bill (the School Nutrition Flexibility Act) that Congressman Stivers sponsored with Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH) in March of 2013. That bill has 47 bipartisan cosponsors. Last year, the USDA issued a final rule for the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which placed new restrictions on school meals. Included in the USDA’s final rule was a strict, unsuitable protein and grain limit that, for example, holds school meals for eighth graders and kindergarteners to the same standard. The School Nutrition Flexibility Act is endorsed by the School Nutrition Association and has attracted bipartisan support from Members of Congress representing urban, suburban, and rural communities from across the country. On March 6, 2013, Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) introduced a companion bill in the U.S. Senate, the Sensible School Lunch Act (S. 427). -30- | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |