Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/1089

 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

92 STAT. 2369

reduced-price breakfasts under the criteria published by the Secretary of Agriculture, except that the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing computation of income eligibility standards for families of students participating in the school breakfast program under this section. "(c) The Secretary of Defense shall be required to offer meals meeting nutritional standards prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture; however, the Secretary of Defense may authorize deviations from Department of Agriculture prescribed meal patterns and fluid milk requirements when local conditions preclude strict compliance or when such compliance is highly impracticable. "(d) Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal Appropriation year in such amounts as may be necessary for the administrative authorization. expenses of tb^ Department of Defense under this section and for payment of the difference between the value of commodities and payments received from the Secretary of Agriculture and (1) the full cost of each breakfast for each student eligible for a free breakfast, and (2) the full cost of each breakfast, less any amounts required by law or regulation to be paid by each student eligible for a reduced-price breakfast. "(e) The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide the Secretary of Defense with technical assistance in the administration of the school breakfast programs authorized by this section.". ALLOTMENT FORMULA

SEC. 1409. (a) The Director shall by regulation establish a formula for determining the minimum allotment of funds necessary for the operation of each school in the defense dependents' education system. In establishing such formula, the Director shall take into consideration— (1) the number of students served by a school and the size of the school; (2) special cost factors for a school, including— (A) geographic isolation of the school, (B) a need for special staffing, transportation, or educational programs at the school, and (C) unusual food and housing costs, (3) the cost of providing academic services of a high quality as required by section 1402(b)(1); and (4) such other factors as the Director considers appropriate. (b) Any regulation under subsection (a) shall be issued, and shall become effective, in accordance with the procedures applicable to regulations required to be issued by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in accordance with section 431 of the General Education Provisions Act. (c) The provisions of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 shall apply with respect to all schools operated by the Department of Defense under this Act.

Regulation. 20 USC 927.

20 USC 1232. 20 USC 1401 note.

SCHOOL ADVISORY C O M M r i T E E S

SEC. 1410. (a)(1) The Director shall provide for the establishment Establishments. of an advisory committee for each school in the defense dependents' 20 USC 928. education system. An advisory committee for a school shall advise the principal or superintendent of the school with respect to the operation

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