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§1766a Meal Supplements for Children in Afterschool Care

Title 42 › CHAPTER 13 — SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAMS › § 1766a

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must run a program that gives states grants and other help so they can provide meal supplements to children in afterschool care at eligible elementary and secondary schools. Eligible schools must run the school lunch program, offer afterschool care, and have afterschool activities with an educational or enrichment purpose. Reimbursement is allowed only for children age 18 or younger, except for the special class of children named in section 1760(d)(1)(A). If a site is in an area served by a school where at least 50 percent of students are certified for free or reduced‑price meals, the supplement is paid at the free rate in section 1766(c)(3) and served at no charge. For other sites, the national average payment rate equals the rates in section 1766(c)(3) as adjusted under section 1759a(a)(3). The same meal content rules that apply to child care food programs under this chapter also apply to these supplements.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1766a

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(a)General authority
(1)Grants to States
The Secretary shall carry out a program to assist States through grants-in-aid and other means to provide meal supplements under a program organized primarily to provide care for children in afterschool care in eligible elementary and secondary schools.
(2)Eligible schools
For the purposes of this section, the term “eligible elementary and secondary schools” means schools that—
(A)operate school lunch programs under this chapter;
(B)sponsor afterschool care programs; and
(C)operate afterschool programs with an educational or enrichment purpose.
(b)Eligible children
Reimbursement may be provided under this section only for supplements served to school children who are not more than 18 years of age, except that the age limitation provided by this subsection shall not apply to a child described in section 1760(d)(1)(A) of this title.
(c)Reimbursement
(1)At-risk school children
In the case of an eligible child who is participating in a program authorized under this section operated at a site located in a geographical area served by a school in which at least 50 percent of the children enrolled are certified as eligible to receive free or reduced price school meals under this chapter or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), a supplement provided under this section to the child shall be—
(A)reimbursed at the rate at which free supplements are reimbursed under section 1766(c)(3) of this title; and
(B)served without charge.
(2)Other school children
In the case of an eligible child who is participating in a program authorized under this section at a site that is not described in paragraph (1), for the purposes of this section, the national average payment rate for supplements shall be equal to those established under section 1766(c)(3) of this title (as adjusted pursuant to section 1759a(a)(3) of this title).
(d)Contents of supplements
The requirements that apply to the content of meal supplements served under child care food programs operated with assistance under this chapter shall apply to the content of meal supplements served under programs operated with assistance under this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Child Nutrition Act of 1966, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is Pub. L. 89–642, Oct. 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 885, which is classified generally to chapter 13A (§ 1771 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1771 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1998—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105–336, § 108(a)(1), substituted “supplements under a program organized primarily to provide care for” for “supplements to”. Subsec. (a)(2)(C). Pub. L. 105–336, § 108(a)(2), added subpar. (C) and struck out former subpar. (C) which read as follows: “are participating in the child care food program under section 1766 of this title on May 15, 1989.” Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–336, § 108(b), substituted “served to school children who are not more than 18 years of age, except that the age limitation provided by this subsection shall not apply to a child described in section 1760(d)(1)(A) of this title.” for “served to children— “(1) who are not more than 12 years of age; or “(2) in the case of children of migrant workers or children with handicaps, who are not more than 15 years of age.” Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–336, § 108(c), added par. (1), designated existing provisions as par. (2), inserted heading, and substituted “In the case of an eligible child who is participating in a program authorized under this section at a site that is not described in paragraph (1), for the purposes” for “For the purposes”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–336 effective Oct. 1, 1998, see section 401 of Pub. L. 105–336, set out as a note under section 1755 of this title.

Regulations

Pub. L. 101–147, title I, § 106(b), Nov. 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 886, provided that: “Not later than July 1, 1990, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue final

Regulations

to implement section 17A of the [Richard B. Russell] National School Lunch Act [this section] (as added by subsection (a) of this section).”

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1766a

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110