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 91 STAT. 1338 Additional payments, severe need. Maximum payment, free breakfast.

Maximum payment, reduced price breakfast. Severe need assistance, eligibility.

42 USC 1759a.

42 USC 1773.

PUBLIC LAW 95-166—NOV. 10, 1977

"(2)(A) The Secretary shall make additional payments for breakfasts served to children qualifying for a free or reduced-price meal at schools that are in severe need. "(B) The maximum payment for each such free breakfast shall be the higher of— " (i) the national average payment established by the Secretary for free breakfasts plus 10 cents, or "(ii) 45 cents, which shall be adjusted on a semiannual basis each July 1 and January 1 to the nearest one-fourth cent in accordance with changes 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 for the most recent sixmonth period for which such data are available, except that the initial such adjustment shall be made on January 1, 1978, and shall reflect the change in the series of food away from home during the period November 1, 1976, to October 31, 1977. "(C) The maximum payment for each such reduced-price breakfast shall be five cents less than the maximum payment for each free breakfast as determined under clause (B) of this paragraph."; and (4) amending subsection (d) to read as follows: "(d) Each State educational agency shall establish eligibility standards for providing additional assistance to schools in severe need where the rate per meal established by the Secretary is insufficient to carry out an effective breakfast program in such a school. Such eligibility standards shall be submitted to the Secretary for approval and included in the State plan of child nutrition operations required by section 11(e)(1) of the National School Lunch Act. Pursuant to those State eligibility standards, a school, upon the submission of appropriate documentation about the need circumstances in that school and the school's eligibility for additional assistance, shall be entitled to receive 100 percent of the operating costs of the breakfast program, including the costs of obtaining, preparing, and serving food, or the meal reimbursement rate specified in paragraph (2) of section 4(b) of this Act, whichever is less.". REDUCTION OF PAPERWORK

SEC. 13. The National School Lunch Act is amended by adding at the end thereof a new section 21 as follows: "REDUCTION OF PAPERWORK 42 USC 1769a. 42 USC 1771 note. Report to Congress.

"SEC. 21. In carrying out functions under this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, the Secretary shall reduce, to the maximum extent possible, the paperwork required of State and local educational agencies, schools, and other agencies participating in child nutrition programs under such Acts. The Secretary shall report to Congress not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section on the extent to which a reduction in such paperwork has occurred.". STATE ADMINISTRATIVE E X P E N S E S

42 USC 1776.

42 USC 1751 note.

SEC. 14. Section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 7. (a)(1) The Secretary shall pay to each State for its administrative costs incurred pursuant to the administration of this Act and the National School Lunch Act for the fiscal year ending

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