PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 in attendance at the school, and shall contain only the family-size income levels for reduced-price meal eligibility with the explanation that households with incomes less than or equal to these values would be eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. Such forms and descriptive material may not contain the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches. "(C) Eligibility determinations shall be made on the basis of a complete application executed by an adult member of the household. The Secretary, States, and local school food authorities may seek verification of the data contained in the application. Local school food authorities shall undertake such verification of the information contained in these applications as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe and, in accordance with such regulations, make appropriate changes in the eligibility determinations on the basis of such verification. "(3) Any child who is a member of a household whose income, at the time the application is submitted, is at an annual rate which does not exceed the applicable family-size income level of the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches, as determined under paragraph (1), shall be served a free lunch. Any child who is a member of a household whose income, at the time the application is submitted, is at an annual rate greater than the applicable family-size income level of the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches, as determined under paragraph (1), but less than or equal to the applicable familysize income level of the income eligibility guidelines for reduced-price lunches, as determined under paragraph (1), shall be served a reduced-price lunch. The price charged for a reduced-price lunch shall not exceed 40 cents. "(4) No physical segregation of or other discrimination against any child eligible for a free lunch or a reduced-price lunch under this subsection shall be made by the school nor shall there by any overt identification of any child by special tokens or tickets, announced or published lists of names, or by other means."; and (3) in the second sentence of paragraph (5), as so redesignated by paragraph (2) of this subsection, by striking out "solely". (b) Section 9 of the National School Lunch Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(d)(1) The Secretary shall require as a condition of eligibility for receipt of free or reduced-price lunches that the member of the household who executes the application furnish the social security account numbers of all adult members of the household of which such person is a member. "(2) No member of a household may be provided a free or reducedprice lunch under this Act unless— "(A) appropriate documentation, as prescribed by the Secretary, of the income of such household has been provided to the appropriate local school food authority; or (B) documentation showing that the household is participating in the food stamp program under the Food Stsimp Act of 1977 has been provided to the appropriate local school food authority.". (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a pilot study to verify the data submitted on a sample of applications for free and reduced-price meals. In conducting the pilot study, the Secretary may require households included in the study to furnish social security numbers of all household members and such other information as the Secretary may require, including, but not limited to, pay stubs, documentation of the
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