Can’t I just wait until the 2008-2009 school year to implement these School Beverage Guidelines?

We believe developing a plan to adopt these Guidelines is in the best interest of your students.  These age-appropriate Guidelines were developed using current nutrition science to provide children proper hydration and nutrition while managing caloric consumption.  We’ve built three years into the timeline for full adoption in order to provide the time required to amend the thousands of existing policies and contracts across the U.S., and to retrofit or replace the corresponding vending machines to vend smaller, portion-controlled sizes.  Waiting only postpones the benefit to your students and jeopardizes your ability to implement these Guidelines in a timely manner.