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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, School meals must meet certain nutritional |
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| standards in order for a school food service program to receive |
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| federal subsidies; and
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| WHEREAS, These standards now include a requirement that |
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| school meals must contain at least 30% or less of their |
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| calories from fat and less than 10% of their calories from |
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| saturated fat; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1993, the United States Department of |
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| Agriculture (USDA) began the "School Meals Initiative for |
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| Healthy Children", a major reform of the school meal programs |
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| with the purpose of improving the nutritional content of school |
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| lunches and breakfasts; and
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| WHEREAS, Despite these standards and reforms, only 15% of |
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| schools nationwide meet the saturated fat standards for |
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| lunches; and
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| WHEREAS, 3 out of 4 high school students do not eat the |
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| minimum recommended daily amount of 5 servings of fruits or |
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| vegetables each day; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| urge the Illinois State Board of Education to develop |
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| guidelines concerning how schools can meet the USDA standards |
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| for saturated fat, as well as provide healthier alternatives; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we urge school districts to design a school |
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| lunch menu for at least one week out of every month that meets |
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| the USDA saturated fat standards and promotes more nutritional |
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| meal selections; and be it further
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