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PUBLIC LAW 91-248-MAY 14, 1970

Ante, p. 210.

6QsttT^23v'^'' Anfefp. 209. ^^42 USC 1753,

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885. 1771

82 Stat. 117; P o s t, p. 214 42 USC 1761.

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"(f) If in any State the State educational agency is not permitted by law to disburse funds paid to it under this Act to nonprofit private schools in the State, the Secretary shall withhold from the funds apportioned to such State under subsection (b) or (c) of this section an amount which bears the same ratio to such funds as the number of free or reduced-price lunches served in accordance with section 9 of this Act in the fiscal year beginning two years immediately prior to the fiscal year for which the funds are appropriated, by all nonprofit private schools participating in the program under this Act in such State, bears to the number of such free and reduced-price lunches served during such prior year by all schools participating in the program under this Act in such State. The Secretary shall disburse the funds so withheld directly to the nonprofit private schools within such State for the same purposes and subject to the same conditions as are applicable to a State educational agency disbursing funds under this section. " (g) In carrying out this section, the terms and conditions governing the operation of the school lunch program set forth in other sections of this Act, including those applicable to funds apportioned or paid pursuant to section 4 or 5 but excluding the provisions of section 7 relating to matching, shall be applicable to the extent they are not inconsistent with the express requirements of this section. " (h)(1) Not later than January 1 of each year, each State educational agency shall submit to the Secretary, for approval by him as a prerequisite to receipt of Federal funds or any commodities donated by the Secretary tor use in programs under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, a State plan of child nutrition operations for the following fiscal year, whicn shall include, as a minimum, a description of the manner in which the State educational agency proposes (A) to use the funds provided under this Act and funds from sources within the State to furnish a free or reduced-price lunch to every needy child in accordance with the provisions of section 9; (B) to extend the school-lunch program under this Act to every school within the State, and (C) to use the funds provided under section 13 of this Act and section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and funds from sources within the State to the maximum extent practicable to reach needy children. "(^) ^acli scliool participating in the school-lunch program under thls Act shall Tcport each month to its State educational agency the average number of children in the school who received free lunches and the average number of children who received reduced price lunches during the immediately preceding month. Each participating school shall provide an estimate, as of October 1 and March 1 of each year, of the number of children who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch. "(^) '^^^ State educatioual agency of each State shall report to the Secretary each month the average number of children in the State who received free lunches and the average number of children in the State who received reduced price lunches during the immediately preceding month. Each State educational agency shall provide an estimate as of October 1 and March 1 of each year, of the number of children who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch." REGULATIONS

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^^^- ^' Section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof

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