Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
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Summary
Allows schools to offer a broader range of milks and nutritionally equivalent nondairy beverages in school meals. It makes fortified nondairy drinks an explicit option and updates who can authorize milk substitutions while adding allergy training for food service staff.
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- Students and families: Schools can serve flavored and unflavored organic or nonorganic whole milk, reduced‑fat, low‑fat, fat‑free, lactose‑free milk, and nondairy beverages that meet USDA nutrition standards. This gives more choices for kids with different diets.
- School meal programs: The USDA will set fortification requirements so nondairy drinks match cow’s milk for calcium, protein, vitamin A, and vitamin D. Milk fat in allowed fluid milk will not be counted as saturated fat for meal compliance, and some prior limits do not apply to schools offering approved nondairy options.
- School food staff: Training must include a definition of food allergies and best practices to prevent, recognize, and respond to allergic reactions, and certification must cover the new material.
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More milk and nondairy choices at school
Schools in the National School Lunch Program can offer more milk choices. They may serve whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, fat-free, flavored or plain, organic or not, and lactose-free milk. They may also offer nondairy drinks that meet standards set by the Secretary of Agriculture, including calcium, protein, vitamin A, and vitamin D like cow’s milk. Milk fat in these milks does not count toward the meal saturated fat limit. A physician, parent, or legal guardian can make the needed determination. If a school offers the approved nondairy drinks, the earlier rule in subparagraph (B)(ii) does not apply. Related sections now include standards for nondairy beverages. These changes take effect upon enactment.
Food allergy training for cafeteria staff
Local school food service staff must receive training on food allergies. The training covers how to prevent, recognize, and respond to allergic reactions. Certification rules are updated so schools must include this training content. These changes take effect upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
KS • R
Cosponsors
Susan Collins
ME • R
Sponsored 1/30/2025
Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
KS • R
Sponsored 3/27/2025
James Justice
WV • R
Sponsored 5/19/2025
Deb Fischer
NE • R
Sponsored 5/19/2025
Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 6/5/2025
Peter Welch
VT • D
Sponsored 1/23/2025
Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA]
PA • R
Sponsored 1/23/2025
Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
PA • D
Sponsored 1/23/2025
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
IA • R
Sponsored 1/23/2025
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY • D
Sponsored 1/23/2025
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
Sponsored 1/23/2025
Angus King
ME • I
Sponsored 1/23/2025
Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
ID • R
Sponsored 1/23/2025
Mike Crapo
ID • R
Sponsored 1/23/2025
Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
IA • R
Sponsored 1/23/2025
Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
MI • D
Sponsored 1/30/2025
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