Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 13— - SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS › § 1769b–1
The Secretary must run training and give technical help to improve the skills of people who work in federally supported food programs and school breakfast programs under section 1773, and when needed, other federal feeding programs. The Secretary must give competitive grants to State agencies so that schools with at least 50 percent of students certified for free or reduced-price meals (and, if money remains, other schools) can buy or upgrade technology and information systems. To get that help, a school must give the State an infrastructure plan that shows the cost savings and program integrity benefits, protects any child’s identity, handles and verifies meal applications, links menu and production data to monitor compliance with section 1758(f)(1), and works with statewide reporting systems. The Secretary must also give competitive help to States with low school-breakfast participation to start or grow breakfast programs, and may fund a food service management institute at the University of Mississippi in cooperation with the University of Southern Mississippi. The Secretary must cover basic topics like menu planning, following rules, and checking program compliance. A food service management institute must do research, teach and train staff, build a national network of trainers, make training materials, and help with things like finances, use of resources and computers, procurement, sanitation and safety (including HACCP, recalls, emergency readiness, and biosecurity), nutrition and culinary skills. The Secretary must coordinate with the institute and use it for nutrition work. Money rules: on October 1, 2010, and each October 1 after that, $5,000,000 will be transferred from the Treasury for the institute and kept until spent, and the Secretary may also get other annual appropriations as needed and extra discretionary funds for specific projects. Separately, funds for program integrity work will be transferred from the Treasury as follows: $3,000,000 on October 1, 2004 and October 1, 2005; $2,000,000 on October 1 of 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009; and $4,000,000 on October 1, 2010 and every October 1 after that. Those funds stay available until spent and may be used for training, technical help, and for State reviews of local school administrative practices.
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42 U.S.C. § 1769b–1
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
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Apr 6, 2026
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