Perdue Extends School Meals Effort Though The Summer

Ag secretary Sonny Perdue, has announced that flexibilies to school meals programs will be extended through the summer.

"We had to do many, many waivers initially in order get these kids fed," Perdue recently said. "And it was amazing that communities reached up and reached out to get the kids fed."

The three flexibilities are non-congregant feeding, allowing parents or guardians to pick up meals, and allowing form multiple days’ worth of meals to be provided at one time. The new deadline is now August 31^st, 2020.

"Where do most of these kids get their nutrition from?" Perdue asked. "Both free or reduced lunch and breakfast from our schools so we  so we have to make very immediate flexibilities there. We’ve got  certain criteria to try to preserve the integrity of the processes because this is public money."

The flexibilities allow for children to be fed while promoting social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.