Title 42 › CHAPTER 13 — SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS › § 1756
States must spend some of their own money to get federal payments that help schools buy food for the school lunch program. To get those payments in a school year, a State must use state funds (not counting money from running the program or state-level administrative salaries) equal to at least 30 percent of the amount that was made available to that State under section 1753 for the school year beginning July 1, 1980. If a State’s per capita income is below the average for all States, that 30 percent requirement is cut in the same proportion as the State’s per capita income is to the national average. States should, when practical, give these state funds to schools in the program. If state law forbids giving state money to private schools, the State does not have to match federal funds for meals in those private schools or give them any of the required state money. The Secretary must tell the Secretary of the Treasury how much to pay each State and when, and the Treasury must make those payments. The Secretary may also agree with a State agency, at the request of a school food service authority, to use funds payable under section 1753 or 1759a to buy food commodities for that school.
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42 U.S.C. § 1756
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
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Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110