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\n\nIf your child eats school lunch, you could ask in writing for a nondairy drink in place of milk. The school would have to give one that matches milk's nutrition. Today a school may make this swap for a medical or diet need, but it does not have to. Under the bill, students with a medical or other diet need would get a nondairy drink by right. Schools would pay any added cost beyond federal meal payments. A separate $2 million pilot would cover that cost for some schools for 3 years.\n\nThe bill also sets up a $10 million pilot for school meals made with no animal products at all. That means no meat, fish, dairy, eggs, or honey. Grants would last 3 years. Only school food services where at least half of students get free or reduced-price meals could apply. The money could pay to train cooks, run taste tests, and buy food from beginning, veteran, organic, and local farmers. Schools would report each year on how many of these meals they served.
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