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Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025Section 2 › Proposal

Whole milk, flavored or unflavored, organic or not, may be offered

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole milk, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

Whole milk, flavored or unflavored, organic or not, may be offered

The document says “canWho acts: schools participating in the school lunch programHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“``(ii) may offer students options which may include flavored and unflavored organic or nonorganic whole, reduced-fat, low-fat,”

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole milk, and for other purposes, Sec. 2

The second new clause inserted into section 9(a)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act lets a school offer students options that may include flavored and unflavored organic or nonorganic whole milk, reduced-fat, low-fat and fat-free fluid milk, lactose-free fluid milk, and nondairy beverages meeting the standards described in the same clause. The quotation stops short of the full list because the printed line breaks a word.

What the document actually says

“``(ii) may offer students options which may include flavored and unflavored organic or nonorganic whole, reduced-fat, low-fat,”

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program to serve whole milk, and for other purposes, Sec. 2
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Schools can offer many kinds of milk. Whole milk is one of them. Plain milk and flavored milk both count. So does organic milk.

What this is about

The list goes on past the quoted words. It also names milk with less fat and milk with no fat. It names milk made without lactose. It names drinks that are not milk.

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