Title 42 › Chapter 13— SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS › § 1756
Federal money for the school lunch program can be paid to States so their education agencies can help schools get agricultural commodities and other foods. A State will only get those payments if, in the same school year, it spends its own State funds specifically for the program (not counting program operating income or State-level salaries/administration) equal to at least 30 percent of the amount the State received under section 1753 for the school year beginning July 1, 1980. If a State’s per-person income is below the national average, that 30 percent requirement is reduced by the same ratio as the State’s per-person income to the national average. States should, when practical, give the required State money to schools in the lunch program. A State that is not allowed by law to send State money to private schools does not have to match Federal funds for meals in those private schools or send required State money to them. The Secretary certifies to the Secretary of the Treasury how much to pay each State and when, and the Treasury pays those amounts. The Secretary may also agree with a State agency, at a school food service authority’s request, to use funds under section 1753 or 1759a to buy commodities for that school food service authority.
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42 U.S.C. § 1756
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
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Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60