For more than a decade, schools have been restricted in what type of milk they offer students.

Only fat-free and low-fat milk have been served in schools participating in the National School Lunch Program. A law signed by President Barack Obama banned whole milk to reduce obesity rates among children.

But those options haven’t sat well with all students.

During lunch at Capital Village Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., numerous students threw out their milk without drinking it.

“I don’t like school milk,” sixth grader Eli Matos said. “It’s just not my type.”

This week, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry passed the bipartisan Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act , which would permit schools to once again offer whole milk.

Whole milk has support from U.S. Depar

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