Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/1369

 PUBLIC LAW 95-166—NOV. 10, 1977

91 STAT. 1335

"(d) In providing assistance under this Act and the Child Nutrition Assistance, Act of 1966 for school lunch and breakfast programs, the Secretary procedures. 42 USC 1771 shall establish procedures which will— " (1) ensure that the views of local school districts and private note. nonprofit schools with respect to the type of commodity assistance needed in schools are fully and accurately reflected in reports to the Secretary by the State with respect to State commodity preferences and that such views are considered by the Secretary in the purchase and distribution of commodities and by the States in the allocation of such commodities among schools within the States; "(2) solicit the views of States with respect to the acceptability of commodities; "(3) ensure that the timing of commodity deliveries to States is consistent with State school year calendars and that such deliveries occur with sufficient advance notice; "(4) provide for systemajtic review of the costs and benefits of Cost and benefits, providing commodities of the kind and quantity that are suitable review. to the needs of local school districts and private nonprofit schools; and " (5) make available technical assistance on the use of commodi- Technical ties available under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. assistance. Within eighteen months after the date of the enactment of this sub- Report to section, the Secretary shall report to Congress on the impact of proce- Congress. dures established under this subsection, including the nutritional, economic, and administrative benefits of such procedures. In purchas- Procedures. ing commodities for programs carried out under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Secretary shall establish procedures to ensure that contracts for the purchase of such commodities shall not be entered into unless the previous history and current patterns of the contracting party with respect to compliance with applicable meat inspection laws and with other appropriate standards relating to the wholesomeness of food for human consumption are taken into account. "(e) Each State educational agency that receives food assistance State advisory payments under this section for any school year shall establish for such councils, year an advisory council, which shall be composed of representatives establishment of schools in the State that participate in the school lunch program. and membership. The council shall advise such State agency with respect to the needs of such schools relating to the manner of selection and distribution of commodity assistance for such program.". REFUSAL OP COMMODITIES

SEC. 7. Section 6(a) of the National School Lunch Act is amended 42 USC 1755, by inserting immediately after the first sentence the following: "Any school participating in food service programs under this Act may refuse to accept delivery of not more than 20 percent of the total value of agricultural commodities and other foods tendered to it in any school year; and if a school so refuses, that school may receive, in lieu of the refused commodities, other commodities to the extent that other commodities are available to the State during that year.". ACCEPTANCE OF OFFERED FOODS

SEC. 8. The third sentence of section 9(a) of the National School Lunch Act is amended to read as follows: "Students in senior high schools that participate in the school lunch program under this Act

Senior high school students. 42 USC 1758.

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