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PUBLIC LAW 93-150-NOV. 7, 1973 SPECIAL ASSISTANCE

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FUNDS

SEC. 3. (a) Section 11 of the National School Lunch Act is amended 84 Stat. 2iu^ by redesignating subsections (g) and (h^ as subsections (d) and ^e^, respectively, and by striking out subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " (a) Except as provided in section 10 of this Act, in each fiscal year tionaragencies each State educational agency shall receive special-assistance payments eo Stat. 233; in an amount equal to the sum of the product obtained by multiplying ^^42 USC ^59. the number of lunches (consisting of a combination of foods which meet the minimum nutritional requirements prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 9(a) of this Act) served free to children '•^ use irss. eligible for such lunches in schools within that State during such fiscal year by the special-assistance factor for free lunches prescribed by the Secretary for such fiscal year and the product obtained by multiplying the number of lunches served at a reduced price to children eligible for such reduced-price lunches in schools within that State during such fiscal year by the special-assistance factor for reduced-price lunches prescribed by the Secretary for such fiscal year. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973, the Secretary shall prescribe a special-assistance factor for free lunches of not less than 45 cents and a special-assistance factor for reduced-price lunches which shall be 10 cents less than the special-assistance factor for free lunches. The Secretary shall prescribe on July 1 of each fiscal year, and on January 1, of each fiscal year, semiannual adjustments in the national average rates for lunches served under section 4 of the National School Lunch Act and the special-assistance factor for the lunches served "*"'*' P* 5^°* under section 11 of the National School Lunch Act, and the national Supra. average rates for breakfasts served under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended, that shall reflect changes in the cost of Post, p. 562. operating a school lunch and breakfast program under these Acts, as indicated by the change in the series for food away from home of the Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor: Provided, That the initial such adjustment shall reflect the change in the series for food away from home during the period September 1973, through November 1973: Provided further, That each subsequent adjustment shall reflect the changes in the series for food away from home for the most recent six-month period for which such data are available: Provided further, That such adjustments shall be computed to the nearest one-fourth cent. Notwithstanding the foregoing two sentences, (1) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973, no special assistance factor under this section 11 shall, for any State, be less than the average reimbursement paid for each free lunch (in the case of the special assistance factor for free lunches), or for each reduced price lunch (in the case of the special assistance factor for reduced price lunches), in such State under this section in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1972; and (2) adjustments required by the sentence immediately preceding this sentence shall be based on the special assistance factors for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1973, as determined without regard to any increase required by the application of this sentence. " (b) Except as provided in section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the special-assistance payments made to each State agency 8/star2*i2*^' during each fiscal year under the provisions of this section shall be se stat! 729.' used by such State agency to assist schools of that State in financing '*2 USC 1779 the cost of providing free and reduced-price lunches served to children pursuant to subsection 9(b) of this Act. The amount of such ^^^f^^^'J^l special assistance funds that a school shall from time to time receive, 42 USC 1758. within a maximum per lunch amount established by the Secretary for all States, shall be based on the need of the school for such special

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