Participation Trends for Full Price Meals in the National School Lunch Program

Gregory Golino, Katherine Ralston and Joanne Guthrie

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2021, vol. 43, issue 3, 1161-1175

Abstract: Participation in USDA's National School Lunch Program has declined since 2011, driven by fewer full‐price lunch purchases among students not eligible for free or reduced‐price meals. Potential explanations include meal price increases for paying students and updated nutrition standards for meals following implementation of the Healthy Hunger‐Free Child Act, as well as macroeconomic factors. Longitudinal analyses of full‐price lunch participation at the state and local levels indicate household income and employment trends were significantly associated with participation trends, but lunch price increases and challenges some localities experienced implementing new nutrition standards may have played a role as well.

Date: 2021
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