More Milk Choices in Schools
Official: Protecting School Milk Choices Act of 2025
This bill allows schools to offer flavored, unflavored, and lactose-free milk in their lunch programs.
Protecting School Milk Choices Act of 2025This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture. Currently, schools participating in the program may provide flavored and unflavored fluid milk and lactose-free fluid milk. Under the bill, these schools must provide students flavored and unflavored fluid milk. These schools maintain the discretion to offer lactose-free fluid milk.
1. Students will have the option to choose both flavored and unflavored milk during lunch. 2. Schools can also provide lactose-free milk for students who are lactose intolerant. 3. This change aims to improve student nutrition by offering more variety in milk options. 4. The bill updates existing laws to ensure students have better access to different types of milk.
This bill affects students in school lunch programs, especially those with dietary restrictions.