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href="//web.archive.org/web/20150703004720/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/12/7C2A0054_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller gives away cupcakes at a press conference on Jan. 12, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller gives away cupcakes at a press conference on Jan. 12, 2015.</div> </div> <p>Students eager to purchase soda and fried foods when they return to school in the fall may be disappointed, despite Texas Agriculture Commissioner <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150703004720/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/sid-miller/">Sid Miller</a>'s recent announcement that both will be welcome back on Texas public school campuses after a 10-year ban.<strong> </strong></p> <p>To the dismay of nutritionists and public health experts, Miller reversed the department's ban on soda machines and deep fat fryers in mid-June as part of a new state nutrition policy calling for<strong> </strong>more local foods, community engagement and training to help schools serve meals that are "attractive and taste great." </p> <p>But many large school districts aren't warming to Miller's initiative.</p> <p>"Despite the reversal, we believe the healthy changes that have been made to our school menus remain in the best interest of our students," said Melissa Martinez, a spokeswoman for the El Paso school district. "It also would be cost prohibitive to retrofit all of our kitchens with deep fryers." </p> <p>Eight of the state's ten biggest school districts — Houston, Dallas, Cypress-Fairbanks, Forth Worth, Fort Bend, Northside, Austin and North East — also said they have no plans to serve fried foods or soda. Calls to districts in<strong> </strong>Katy and Aldine were not returned. <strong><br/></strong></p><div class="ad_container ad_container--adify"> <div class="ad adunit mobile tablet standard" data-adunit="TexasTribune_Content_StoryPage_InsideStory_468x60"> </div> </div> <p>"We removed our deep fat fryers more than a decade ago, and we have no desire to bring them back," said André Riley, a Dallas district spokesman.</p> <p>Despite the change, schools still need to comply with recent federal guidelines limiting the number of calories students<strong> </strong>consume. As part of the stricter standards, the Smart Snacks in School regulations apply to foods sold a la carte, in the school store and in vending machines.</p> <p>The agriculture department intended for the reversal to be a symbolic move giving more control to schools, not a directive for districts to reinstall fryers or soda machines, said spokeswoman<strong> </strong>Linda Ryan.</p> <p>"It's about believing that teachers, school boards, school districts understand more about the kids and their needs in that area than we do," Ryan said. "It is up to them to make those choices."</p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;">As part of the policy, school groups will be allowed to sell<strong> </strong>fatty foods or sugary sodas at campus fundraisers six times per year, up from once, and to sell during school hours. <br/></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;">When he solicited public input before deciding to roll back the ban, Miller received almost<strong> </strong>200 comments. 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