School districts are not as far along as they should be in implementing wellness policies, as required by the Child Nutrition (CN) and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, according to a survey by the School Nutrition Association (SNA) in conjunction with the National Dairy Council. The CN law requires that districts have wellness policies in place by July, but as of January 2006, just under 6% of districts had approved policy recommendations, about 38% had begun by drafting a policy, 40% were in the early stages of development, and 16% had not started.
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