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SEC. 3. (a) Section 5 of the National School Lunch Act is amended by striking out the last sentence thereof. (b) Section 6 of the National School Lunch Act is amended by striking out "and less the amount apportioned to him pursuant to sections 4, 5, and 10" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ", less the amount apportioned by him pursuant to sections 4, 5, and 10, and less the amount appropriated pursuant to section 11". SEC. 4. Section 10 of the National School Lunch Act is amended by striking out "the same proportion of the funds as the number of children between the ages of 5 and 17, inclusive, attending nonprofit private schools within the State, is of the total number of persons of those ages within the State attending school" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "an amount which bears the same ratio to such funds as the number of lunches, consisting of a combination of foods and meeting the minimum requirements prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to section 9, served in the preceding fiscal year by all nonprofit private schools participating in the program under this Act within the State, as determined by the Secretary, bears to the participation rate for the State". SEC. 5. Section 11 of the National School Lunch Act is redesignated as section 12 and subsections (c) and (d) thereof are amended to read us follows: "(c) In carrying out the provisions of this Act, neither the Secretary nor the State shall impose any requirement with respect to teaching personnel, curriculum, instruction, methods of instruction, and materials of instruction in any school. " (d) For the purposes of this Act— "(1) 'State' means any of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, or American Samoa. "(2) 'State educational agency' means, as the State legislature may determine, (A) the chief State school officer (such as the State superintendent of public instruction, commissioner of education, or similar officer), or (B) a board of education controlling ihe State department of education. "(3) 'Nonprofit private school' means any private school exempt from income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. "(4) 'Nonfood assistance' means equipment used by schools in storing, preparing, or serving food for schoolchildren. "(5) 'Participation rate' for a State means a number equal to the number of lunches, consisting of a combination of foods and meeting the minimum requirements prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to section 9, served in the preceding fiscal year by schools participating in the program under this Act in the State, as determined by the Secretary. " (6) 'Assistance need rate' (A) in the case of any State having an average annual per capita income equal to or greater than the average annual per capita income for all the States, shall be 6; and (B) in the case of any State having an average annual per capita income less than the average annual per capita income for all the States, shall be the product of 5 and the quotient obtained by dividing the average annual per capita income for all the States by the average annual per capita income for such State, except that such product may not exceed 9 for any such State. For the purposes of this paragraph (i) the average annual per capita income for any State and for all the States shall be determined by the Secretary on the basis of the average annual per capita income for each State and for all the States for the three most recent years for which such data are available and certified 78135 Q-63—63

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PUBLIC LAW 87-823-OCT. 15, 1962

42 USC 1754.

Nonprofit private s c h o o l s. 42 USC 1759.

42 USC 1758.

42 USC 1760.

Definitions.

68A Stat. 163. 26 USC 5 0 1.

42 USC 1758.

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