Institutional Participation in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. SNAM Task 2.2

摘要

In School Year 1991-92, 91% of the elementary and secondary school students in the U.S. attended schools which offered the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and 52% attended schools which offered the School Breakfast Program (SBP). Based on analyses of the 1987-88 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), almost all public school students have NSLP available (97.3%), but only a third (29.5%) of private school students have NSLP available. The determinants of whether schools offer NSLP were examined in multivariate models. Among public schools, large schools are more likely to participate, whereas alternative, vocational/technical and special education schools were less likely to participate. For private schools, higher participation was found among larger schools and among Catholic schools, but higher tuition schools are less likely to participate in NSLP. Although many States supplement NSLP reimbursement rates, the State supplements are not associated with higher availability of NSLP.