By Jennifer Heathcock
LINDALE, TX (KYTX) - Students may have new, fresher options on their lunch trays thanks to congress. CBS 19's Jennifer Heathcock reports some local districts say they measure up well against the new suggestions and are already serving healthier meals to your kids.
Lunch time at Lindale High School means students lining up to fill their trays and administrators weigh the idea of 'healthier' options.
"We try to do more fresh ingredients, we offer apples and oranges to students everyday," said Laurie Krueger, Lindale ISD Child Nutrition Program Director.
The healthy, hunger-free kids act passed the Senate last week and would require an overhaul of school lunch programs across the country. Krueger said Lindale already stacks up. "I feel the USDA policy is a reflection of what the Texas policy has been. So Texas kind of got a jump on that."
A jump for schools in Texas who offer fresh fruits and vegetables and have lowered fat content in main entrees.
The bill would also look at more free meals for students and give better ways to manage accounts, making sure schools get the most out of lunches.
Something healthier to reach for, while helping students learn about nutrition.
The act would add more than $4-billion to child nutrition programs over then next 10 years.
Currently, programs cost the country more than $16-billion a year.
