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TeachMeFinance.com - explain National School Lunch Program National School Lunch Program The term 'National School Lunch Program ' as it applies to the area of agriculture can be defined as ' i.e., free or reduced-price lunches and snacks, as opposed to paid lunches and snacks. Each meal or snack is subsidized at legislatively established rates that are annually indexed for food-price inflation. The program is permanently authorized under Sections 4 and 11 of the National School Lunch Act, administered by the Food and Nutrition Service, and funded as an entitlement by annual agriculture appropriations acts'. Previous 5 Terms: National Rural Development Council (NRDC) National Rural Development Partnership National Rural Economic Development Institute (NREDI) National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) National School Lunch Act Next 5 Terms: National Severe Storms Laboratory National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) National Source Tracking System (NSTS) National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.