118 STAT. 770 PUBLIC LAW 108–265—JUNE 30, 2004 ‘‘(i) TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall submit to the Secretary, for approval by the Secretary, an amendment to the plan required by subsection (e) that describes the manner in which funds provided under this section will be used for technology and information management systems. ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The amendment shall, at a minimum, describe the manner in which the State will improve program integrity by— ‘‘(A) monitoring the nutrient content of meals served; ‘‘(B) providing training to local educational agencies, school food authorities, and schools on the use of technology and information management systems for activities including— ‘‘(i) menu planning; ‘‘(ii) collection of point of sale data; and ‘‘(iii) the processing of applications for free and reduced price meals; and ‘‘(C) using electronic data to establish benchmarks to compare and monitor program integrity, program participa tion, and financial data across schools and school food authorities. ‘‘(3) TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of funds made available under paragraph (4) to carry out this para graph, the Secretary shall, on a competitive basis, provide funds to States to be used to provide grants to local edu cational agencies, school food authorities, and schools to defray the cost of purchasing or upgrading technology and information management systems for use in programs authorized by this Act (other than section 17) and the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). ‘‘(B) INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this paragraph, a school or school food authority shall submit to the State a plan to purchase or upgrade technology and information management systems that addresses potential cost savings and methods to improve program integrity, including— ‘‘(i) processing and verification of applications for free and reduced price meals; ‘‘(ii) integration of menu planning, production, and serving data to monitor compliance with section 9(f)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(f)(1)); and ‘‘(iii) compatibility with statewide reporting sys tems. ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009, to remain available until expended.’’. (c) REAUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (j) of section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776) (as redesignated by section 126(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2009’’.
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