The Power of One The Impact of Many - MARCH 8-10, 2021 - School Nutrition Association
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The Power of One
The Impact of Many
MARCH 8–10, 2021
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2CONFERENCE AGENDA
Please note:
All times listed are Monday, March 8
Eastern Standard Time.
1:00 pm-1:20 pm 2:00 pm-2:15 pm
Welcome to LAC 2021 and Break
SNA Update with SNA President
Reggie Ross and SNA CEO Patricia
2:15 pm-2:30 pm
Montague
Remarks from USDA Secretary
Tom Vilsack
1:20 pm-2:20 pm
Opening General Session: Keynote
2:30 pm-4:00 pm
Speaker(s): Andrew H. Card Jr.;
General Session: Lessons Learned
Secretary Leon Panetta; Moderator:
from COVID: Best Practices
Secretary Dan Glickman
4:15 pm-5:15 pm
2:20 pm-2:30 pm
State Group Prep Meetings
Break
2:30 pm-3:30 pm
General Session: Grassroots
Wednesday, March 10
Advocacy: Your Role, Your Impact
11:00 am-11:05 am
Welcome with SNA President
3:45 pm-4:15 pm Reggie Ross
Regional Breakout Discussions
11:05 am-12:45 pm
Presentation of the SNA 2021
Tuesday, March 9 Position Paper and Advocacy
Update
1:00 pm-1:15 pm
Welcome with SNA President
Reggie Ross 12:45 pm-1:00 pm
Closing Remarks with SNA
President Reggie Ross
1:15 pm-1:45 pm
USDA 2021 Update
1:00 pm
ZOOM the Hill!
1:45 pm-2:00 pm
Remarks from a Special Guest
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1WELCOME
Dear LAC 2021 Attendee:
Welcome to SNA’s 49th annual Legislative Action Conference (LAC)! We
are so excited you could join us for our first-ever virtual advocacy event.
We are confident that participating in this conference will provide you all
the tools, information and inspiration you need to advocate on behalf of
our nation’s children and our school meal programs.
Just think back to one year ago—March 2020—when LAC brought so
many of us together in our nation’s capital. Little did we know the
challenges that would lie ahead for our programs, our profession and
the students we serve. Much has changed in Washington, D.C. too,
following the 2020 General Election. With a new Administration, new
USDA Secretary and new 117th Congress, we know the next two years
will be more critical than ever for child nutrition. Your role as a nutrition
advocate cannot be understated. LAC 2021 gives us the opportunity to
share the lessons we learned and advocate for a brighter future as we
continue to navigate this unprecedented time in history.
For the next three days, we will hear from two former Secretaries of
Agriculture and White House Chiefs of Staff who will provide insights
into how the new Administration and Congress can work together. You
will hear important updates regarding SNA’s two new Task Forces on
USDA Foods and Child Nutrition Reauthorization. And, SNA will officially
unveil our 2021 Position Paper. As you prepare to “Zoom the Hill,” we will
guide you on how to make the most of your virtual visit with legislators
and how to best share your stories for effective, impactful meetings.
In order to remember all that you learn, we created this daily planner to
help you catalog your ideas and capture those stories worth repeating.
I would like to thank SNA’s Public Policy and Legislation Committee for
Reginald A. Ross, SNS developing the LAC 2021 Program and look forward to a productive,
2020-21 SNA President informative and exciting LAC!
5DAY ONE: Monday, March 8
• Welcome and SNA Update SNA President Reggie Ross and SNA CEO
“Always remember, Patricia Montague
you have within you
the strength, the • Opening General Session: Keynote Speaker(s): Andrew H. Card, Jr.,
patience and the Secretary Leon Panetta; Moderator: Secretary Dan Glickman
passion to reach for • General Session: Grassroots Advocacy: Your Role, Your Impact
the stars to change
the world.“ • Regional Breakout Discussions
Harriet Tubman
My biggest takeaways from today were…
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1”Coming together
DAY TWO: Tuesday, March 9
is a beginning. • Welcome with SNA President Reggie Ross
Keeping together
is progress. • USDA Update 2021
Working together • Remarks from a Special Guest
is success.”
• Remarks from USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack
Henry Ford
• General Session: Lessons Learned from COVID: Best Practices
• State Group Prep Meetings
My biggest takeaways from today were…
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1DAY THREE: Wednesday, March 10
• Welcome with SNA President Reggie Ross
“The secret of • Presentation of the SNA 2021 Position Paper and Advocacy Update
getting ahead is
• Closing Remarks with SNA President Reggie Ross
getting started.”
Mark Twain • ZOOM the Hill!
My biggest takeaways from today were…
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1“Alone we can do so
little; together we
can do so much.“
Helen Keller
2021 OUTLOOK
Key takeaways from LAC 2021
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1SNA 2021 Position Paper ®
Permanently expand the National School Lunch and School Breakfast
Programs to offer all students meals at no charge as an integral part of
the educational experience. Universal meals will:
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rovide all students equal access to school breakfast and lunch and ®
eliminate any stigma or barriers for students to benefit from these
meals. Nutritious school meals are proven to support learning,
improve attendance and classroom behavior and contribute to
overall health and wellness.
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nsure no child goes hungry during the school day or accrues ®
unpaid meal debt, a burden on families and school district budgets.
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liminate the costly, time-consuming meal application and
verification process, and streamline paperwork and reporting
requirements. Parents won’t have to worry about complicated meal
applications, and school nutrition professionals can focus on
NOTES nourishing students.
10SNA 2021 Position Paper ®
Provide emergency financial relief directly to School Food Authorities
(SFAs). COVID-19 school closures and the higher costs of serving meals
during the pandemic have crippled school meal program budgets.
A recent SNA survey revealed extensive financial losses, with a
harrowing 62% of school nutrition directors anticipating a loss for ®
School Year 2020/21, and an additional 28% of respondents unsure of
what to expect. Meal program losses will cut into education budgets,
impeding efforts to meet the needs of students and jeopardizing
progress in school nutrition programs. While emergency funds provided
in the December 2020 stimulus bill will help offset some of the losses ®
accrued last school year, these funds are insufficient to ensure the
NOTES financial sustainability of school meal programs moving forward.
11SNA 2021 Position Paper ®
Preserve USDA Foods entitlements and State Administrative Expense
(SAE) funds, impacted by COVID-19. School meal programs depend
heavily on USDA Foods to reduce meal costs and offer students a wide
range of U.S. grown foods. USDA Foods entitlements and SAE funds are
based on school meal participation data. With participation drastically ®
down due to COVID-19 school closures, Congress should direct USDA
to utilize Fiscal Year 2019 participation data when calculating future
NOTES entitlement and SAE fund values.
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12SNA 2021 Position Paper ®
Reduce regulatory and administrative burdens. Overly complex federal
regulations divert resources from the mission of serving students. They
also impede efforts to quickly and creatively respond to student needs
in times of emergency. Congress should direct USDA to implement the
recommendations of the Congressionally-mandated Child Nutrition ®
Reporting Burden Analysis Study. Preserving flexibility on whole grain,
sodium and milk regulations will continue to ease menu planning and
NOTES procurement challenges.
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