PUBLIC LAW 104-193—AUG. 22, 1996
110 STAT. 2289
school year, schools that are participating in the school lunch
or school breakfast program shall serve lunches and breakfasts
under the program that—
"(A) are consistent with the goals of the most recent
Dietary Guidelines for Americans published under section
301 of the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related
Research Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5341); and
"(B) provide, on the average over each week, at least—
"(i) with respect to school lunches, Va of the daily
recommended dietary allowance established by the
Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research
Council of the National Academy of Sciences; and
"(ii) with respect to school breakfasts, Vi of the
daily recommended dietary allowance established by
the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research
Council of the National Academy of Sciences.";
(5) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by paragraph (3)—
(A) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
(B) in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by
redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and
(ii), respectively; and
(6) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by paragraph (3)—
(A) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(B) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as
clauses (i) and (ii), respective^; and
(C) in subparagraph (A)(ii), as redesignated by
subparagraph (B), by striking "subparagraph (C)" and
inserting "paragraph (3)",
(d) USE OF RESOURCES.— Section 9 of the National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended by striking subsection (h).
SEC. 703. FREE AND REDUCED PRICE POLICY STATEMENT.
Section 9(b)(2) of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1758(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(D) FREE AND REDUCED PRICE POLICY STATEMENT.—
After the initial submission, a school food authority shall
not be required to submit a free and reduced price policy
statement to a State educational agency under this Act
unless there is a substantive change in the free and reduced
price policy of the school food authority. A routine change
in the policy of a school food authority, such as an annual
adjustment of the income eligibility guidelines for free and
reduced price meals, shall not be sufficient cause for requiring the school food authority to submit a policy statement.".
SEC. 704. SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) EXTENSION OF PAYMENT PERIOD. —Section ll(a)(l)(D)(i) of
the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(l)(D)(i)) is
amended by striking ", on the date of enactment of this subparagraph,".
(b) ROUNDING RULE FOR LUNCH, BREAKFAST, AND SUPPLEMENT
RATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL. —The third sentence of section 11(a)(3)(B)
of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(3)(B))
is amended by adding before the period at the end the following:
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