§1779 Regulations

Summary

The Secretary must write rules needed to run these child nutrition programs and the National School Lunch program. The rules must cover how food is served in schools and how foods sold in schools that compete with the programs are handled. The Secretary must also set science-based nutrition rules for foods sold in schools that are not part of the school meal programs and must publish proposed rules not later than 1 year after December 13, 2010. Those nutrition rules apply to all foods sold outside the school meal programs, on the school campus, and during the school day. In making the rules, the Secretary must follow the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans (under 7 U.S.C. 5341) and consider scientific recommendations, existing school standards, how the rules will work in practice, and allow limited exceptions for infrequent, school-approved fundraisers that are not vending machines, school stores, snack bars, a la carte sales, or other exclusions the Secretary identifies. The Secretary must review and update the school nutrition rules soon after a new edition of the Dietary Guidelines is published. Any interim or final rules must start at the beginning of a school year no sooner than 1 year and no later than 2 years after they are finalized. The Secretary must send quarterly reports to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives describing progress toward final rules. The rules may let a State transfer funds between these programs and the National School Lunch program under an approved State plan, and may allow a State to set aside up to 1 percent of its apportioned funds for special developmental projects.