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 100 STAT. 1783-363

PUBLIC LAW 99-500—OCT. 18, 1986

SEC, 330. IMPROVEMENT OF BREAKFAST PROGRAM MEAL PATTERN,

(a) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE,—Effective July 1, 1987, section 4(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(b)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: "(3) The Secretary shall increase by 3 cents the annually adjusted payment for each breakfast served under this Act and section 17 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U,S,C. 1766). These funds shall be used to assist States, to the extent feasible, in improving the nutritional quality of the breakfasts. "(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever stocks of agricultural commodities are acquired by the Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation and are not likely to be sold by the Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation or otherwise used in programs of commodity sale or distribution, the Secretary shall make such commodities available to school food authorities and eligible institutions serving breakfasts under this Act in a quantity equal in value to not less than 3 cents for each breakfast served under this Act and section 17 of the National School Lunch Act. "(5) Expenditures of funds from State and local sources for the maintenance of the breakfast program shall not be diminished as a result of funds or commodities received under paragraph (3) or (4).", (b) NUTRITION REQUIREMENTS.—(1) The Secretary of Agriculture shall review and revise the nutrition requirements for meals served under the breakfast program authorized under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) and section 17 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S,C, 1766) to improve the nutritional quality of the meals, taking into consideration both the findings of the National Evaluation of School Nutrition Programs and the need to provide increased flexibility in meal planning to local food authorities. (2) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate regulations to implement the revisions. SEC. 331. EXTENSION OF OFFER VERSUS SERVE PROVISION TO THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM. Section 4(e) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(e)) is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after the subsection designation; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) At the option of a local school food authority, a student in a school under the authority that participates in the school breakfast program under this Act may be allowed to refuse not more than one item of a breakfast that the student does not intend to consume. A refusal of an offered food item shall not affect the full charge to the student for a breakfast meeting the requirements of this section or the amount of payments made under this Act to a school for the breakfast.". SEC. 332. STAFFING STANDARDS.

Section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776) (as amended by section 313) is further amended— (1) by striking out subsection (b); and (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (i) as subsections (b) through (h), respectively.

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