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or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance will provide useful 

information, but it will not yield data 

that can be generalized to the overall 

population. This type of generic 

clearance for qualitative information 

will not be used for quantitative 

information collections that are 

designed to yield reliably actionable 

results, such as monitoring trends over 

time or documenting program 

performance. Such data uses require 

more rigorous designs that address: the 

target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

The Agency received no comments in 

response to the 60-day notice published 

in the Federal Register on September 

17, 2014 (79 FR 55745). No comments 

were received. 

The Food Safety and Inspection 

Service—0583–0151 

Current Actions: Revision and 

Extension of Currently Approved 

Collection. 

Type of Review: Revision and 

Extension. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 10. 

Respondents: 10,000. 

Annual Responses: 10,000. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Minutes per Response: 60. 

Burden Hours: 10,000. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05401 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Rural Development Voucher Program 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) in fiscal year (FY) 

2006 established the demonstration 

Rural Development Voucher Program 

(RDVP), as authorized under Section 

542 of the Housing Act of 1949 as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 1490R) (without 

regard to Section 542(b)). This Notice 

informs the public of the general 

policies and procedures for the RDVP 

for FY 2015. Rural Development 

Vouchers are only available to lowincome tenants of Rural Development 

(RD)-financed multi-family properties 

where the Rural Rental Housing loan 

(Section 515) has been prepaid (either 

through prepayment or foreclosure 

action), prior to the loan’s maturity date. 

DATES: In order for eligible tenants to 

participate, a voucher obligation form 

must be submitted within 10 months of 

the foreclosure or pre-payment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie B.M. White, Director, MultiFamily Housing Portfolio Management 

Division, Rural Development, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0782, 

Washington, DC 20250, telephone (202) 

720–1615. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number via TDD by calling the toll-free 

Federal Information Relay Service at 

(800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

This Notice outlines the process for 

providing voucher assistance to eligible 

tenants when a property owner either 

prepays a Section 515 loan or USDA 

action results in a foreclosure after 

September 30, 2005. 

II. Design Features of the RDVP 

This section sets forth the design 

features of the RDVP, including the 

eligibility of tenants, the inspection of 

the housing units, and the calculation of 

the subsidy amount. 

Rural Development Vouchers under 

this part are administered by the Rural 

Housing Service, an agency under the 

RD mission area, in accordance with 

requirements set forth in this Notice and 

further explained in, ‘‘The Rural 

Development Voucher Program Guide,’’ 

which can be obtained by contacting 

any RD Office. Contact information for 

RD offices can be found at: http://

www.rurdev.usda.gov/

StateOfficeAddresses.html. These 

requirements are generally based on the 

housing choice voucher program 

regulations of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 

set forth at 24 CFR part 982, unless 

otherwise noted by this Notice. 

The RDVP is intended to offer 

protection to eligible Multi-Family 

Housing tenants in properties financed 

through RD’s Section 515 Rural Rental 

Housing program (Section 515 property) 

who may be subject to economic 

hardship due to the property owner’s 

prepayment of the RD mortgage. When 

the owner of a Section 515 property 

pays off the loan prior to the loan’s 

maturity date (either through 

prepayment or foreclosure action), the 

RD affordable housing requirements and 

Rental Assistance (RA) subsidies 

generally cease to exist. Rents may 

increase, thereby making the housing 

unaffordable to tenants. Regardless, the 

tenant may become responsible for the 

full payment of rent when a prepayment 

occurs, whether or not the rent 

increases. 

The Rural Development Voucher is 

intended to help tenants by providing 

an annual rental subsidy, renewable on 

the terms and conditions set forth 

herein and subject to the availability of 

funds, that will supplement the tenant’s 

rent payment. This program enables a 

tenant to make an informed decision 

about remaining in the property, moving 

to a new property, or obtaining other 

financial housing assistance. Lowincome tenants in the prepaying 

property are eligible to receive a 

voucher to use at their current rental 

property, or to take to any other rental 

unit in the United States and its 

territories. Tenants in properties 

foreclosed on by RD are eligible for a 

Rural Development Voucher under the 

same conditions as properties that go 

through the standard prepayment 

process. 

There are some general limitations on 

the use of a voucher: 

• The rental unit must pass a RD 

health and safety inspection, and the 

owner must be willing to accept a Rural 

Development Voucher. 

• Rural Development Vouchers 

cannot be used for units in subsidized 

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housing, like Section 8 and public 

housing, where two housing subsidies 

would result. The Rural Development 

Voucher may be used for rental units in 

other properties financed by RD, but it 

cannot be used in combination with the 

RD RA program. 

• The Rural Development Voucher 

may not be used to purchase a home. 

a. Tenant Eligibility. In order to be 

eligible for the Rural Development 

Voucher under this Notice, the tenant 

must meet the following conditions: 

1. Be residing in the Section 515 

project on the date of the prepayment of 

the Section 515 loan or foreclosure by 

RD; 

2. Be a United States (U.S.) citizen, 

U.S. citizen national, or a resident alien 

that meets certain qualifications. In 

accordance with Section 214 of the 

Housing and Community Development 

Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a), financial 

assistance under this voucher program 

can only be provided to a United States 

(U.S.) citizen, U.S. non-citizen national, 

or a resident alien that meets certain 

qualifications. RD considers the tenant 

who applies for the voucher under this 

Notice as the individual receiving the 

financial assistance from the voucher. 

Accordingly, the individual tenant who 

applies for a voucher under this 

program must submit the following 

documentation (42 U.S.C. 1436a(d)): 

i. For citizens, a written declaration of 

U.S. citizenship signed under the 

penalty of perjury. RD may request 

verification of the declaration by 

requiring presentation of a U.S. 

passport, Social Security card, or other 

appropriate documentation, as 

determined by RD; 

ii. For non-citizens who are 62 years 

of age or older, the evidence consists of: 

A. A signed declaration of eligible 

immigration status; and 

B. Proof of age document; and 

iii. For all other non-citizens: 

A. A signed declaration of eligible 

immigration status; 

B. Alien registration documentation 

or other proof of immigration 

registration from the United States 

Citizenship and Immigration Services 

(USCIS) that contains the individual’s 

alien admission number or alien file 

number; and 

C. A signed verification consent form 

that provides that evidence of eligible 

immigration status may be released to 

RD and USCIS for purposes of verifying 

the immigration status of the individual. 

RD shall provide a reasonable 

opportunity, not to exceed 30 days, for 

an individual to submit evidence 

indicating a satisfactory immigration 

status, or to appeal to the Immigration 

and Naturalization Service the 

verification determination of the 

Immigration and Naturalization Service; 

and 

3. Be a low-income tenant on the date 

of the prepayment or foreclosure. A lowincome tenant is a tenant whose annual 

income does not exceed 80 percent of 

the tenant median income for the area 

as defined by HUD. HUD’s definition of 

median income can be found at: 

http://www.huduser.org/portal/

datasets/il/il14/index_mfi.html. 

During the prepayment or foreclosure 

process, RD will evaluate the tenant to 

determine if the tenant is low-income. If 

RD determines a tenant is low-income, 

then within 90 days following the 

foreclosure or prepayment, RD will send 

the tenant a letter offering the tenant a 

voucher and will enclose a Voucher 

Obligation Request Form and a 

citizenship declaration form. If the 

tenant wants to participate in the RDVP, 

the tenant has 10 months from the date 

of prepayment or foreclosure to return 

the Voucher Obligation Request Form 

and the citizenship declaration to the 

local RD Office. If RD determines that 

the tenant is ineligible, RD will provide 

administrative appeal rights in 

accordance with 7 CFR part 11. 

b. Obtaining a Voucher. RD will 

monitor the prepayment request process 

or foreclosure process, as applicable. As 

part of prepayment or foreclosure of the 

Section 515 property, RD will determine 

market rents in the housing market area 

prior to the date of prepayment or 

foreclosure. The market rents will be 

used to calculate the amount of the 

voucher each tenant is entitled to 

receive. 

As noted above, all tenants will be 

notified if they are eligible and the 

amount of the voucher within 90 days 

following the date of prepayment or 

foreclosure. The tenant notice will 

include a description of the RDVP, a 

Voucher Obligation Request Form, and 

letter from RD offering the tenant 

participation in RDVP. The tenant has 

10 months from the date of prepayment 

or foreclosure to return the Voucher 

Obligation Request Form and the signed 

citizenship declaration. Failure to 

submit the Voucher Obligation Request 

Form and the signed citizenship 

declaration within the required 

timeframes eliminates the tenant’s 

opportunity to receive a voucher. A 

tenant’s failure to respond within the 

required timeframes is not appealable. 

Once the tenant returns the Voucher 

Obligation Request Form and the 

citizenship declaration to RD, a voucher 

will be issued within 30 days subject to 

the availability of funding. All 

information necessary for a housing 

search, explanations of unit 

acceptability, and RD contact 

information will be provided by RD to 

the tenant after the Voucher Obligation 

Request Form and citizenship 

declaration are received. In cases where 

the foreclosure sale yields no successful 

bidders and the property enters RD 

inventory, vouchers will only be offered 

upon the property’s entry into 

inventory. The voucher cannot be used 

at an inventory property. 

The tenant receiving a Rural 

Development Voucher has an initial 

period of 60 calendar days from 

issuance of the voucher to find a 

housing unit. At its discretion, RD may 

grant one or more extensions of the 

initial period for up to an additional 60 

days. Generally, the maximum voucher 

period for any tenant participating in 

the RDVP is 120 days. RD will extend 

the voucher search period beyond the 

120 days only if the tenant needs and 

requests an extension of the initial 

period as a reasonable accommodation 

to make the program accessible to a 

disabled family member. If the Rural 

Development Voucher remains unused 

after a period of 150 days from the date 

of original issuance, the Rural 

Development Voucher will become 

void, any funding will be cancelled, and 

the tenant will no longer be eligible to 

receive a Rural Development Voucher at 

that property. 

If a tenant previously participated in 

the RDVP and was subsequently 

terminated, that tenant is ineligible for 

future participation in the RDVP. 

c. Initial Lease Term. The initial lease 

term for the housing unit where the 

tenant wishes to use the Rural 

Development Voucher must be for one 

year. The ‘‘initial lease’’ is the first lease 

signed by and between the tenant and 

the property owner. 

d. Inspection of Units and Unit 

Approval. Once the tenant finds a 

housing unit, Rural Development will 

inspect and determine if the housing 

standard is acceptable within 30 days of 

RD’s receipt of the HUD Form 52517, 

‘‘Request for Tenancy Approval Housing 

Choice Voucher Program’’ found at: 

http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/

documents/huddoc?id=52517.pdf and 

the Disclosure of Information on LeadBased Paint Hazards. The inspection 

standards currently in effect for the RD 

Section 515 Multi-Family Housing 

program apply to the RDVP. RD must 

inspect the unit and ensure that the unit 

meets the housing inspection standards 

set forth at 7 CFR 3560.103. Under no 

circumstances will RD make voucher 

rental payments for any period of time 

prior to the date that RD physically 

inspects the unit and determines the 

unit meets the housing inspection 

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standards. In the case of properties 

financed by RD under the Section 515 

program, RD will only accept the results 

of physical inspections performed no 

more than one year prior to the date of 

receipt by RD of Form HUD 52517, in 

order to make determinations on 

acceptable housing standards. Before 

approving tenancy or executing a 

Housing Assistance Payments contract, 

RD must first determine that the 

following conditions are met: 

1. The unit has been inspected by RD 

and passes the housing standards 

inspection or has otherwise been found 

acceptable by RD, as noted previously; 

and 

2. The lease includes the HUD 

Tenancy Addendum. A copy of the 

HUD Tenancy Addendum will be 

provided by RD when the tenant is 

informed he/she is eligible for a 

voucher. 

Once the conditions in the above 

paragraph are met, RD will approve the 

unit for leasing. RD will then execute 

with the owner a Housing Assistance 

Payments (HAP) contract, Form HUD– 

52641. The HAP contract must be 

executed before Rural Development 

Voucher payments can be made. RD will 

attempt to execute the HAP contract on 

behalf of the tenant before the beginning 

of the lease term. In the event that this 

does not occur, the HAP contract may 

be executed up to 60 calendar days after 

the beginning of the lease term. If the 

HAP contract is executed during this 60- 

day period, RD will make retroactive 

housing assistance payments to the 

owner, on behalf of the tenant, to cover 

the portion of the approved lease term 

before execution of the HAP contract. 

The HAP contract and lease will need 

to be revised to the later effective date. 

RD will not execute a HAP contract that 

is dated prior to either the prepayment 

date of the Section 515 loan, or the date 

of foreclosure, as appropriate. Any HAP 

contract executed after the 60-day 

period will be considered untimely. If 

the failure to execute the HAP contract 

within the aforementioned 60-day 

period lies with the owner, as 

determined by RD, then RD will not pay 

any housing assistance payment to the 

owner for that period. 

e. Subsidy Calculations for Rural 

Development Vouchers. As stated 

earlier, an eligible tenant will be 

notified of the maximum voucher 

amount within 90 days following 

prepayment or foreclosure. The 

maximum voucher amount for the 

RDVP is the difference between the 

market rent in the housing market area 

and the tenant’s contribution on the 

date of the prepayment, as determined 

by RD. The voucher amount will be 

based on the market rent; the voucher 

amount will never exceed the market 

rent at the time of prepayment even if 

the tenant chooses to stay in-place. 

Also, in no event will the Rural 

Development Voucher payment exceed 

the actual tenant lease rent. The amount 

of the voucher will not change either 

over time or if the tenant chooses to 

move to a more expensive location. 

f. Mobility and Portability of Rural 

Development Vouchers. An eligible 

tenant that is issued a Rural 

Development Voucher may elect to use 

the voucher in the same project, or may 

choose to move to another location. The 

Rural Development Voucher may be 

used at the prepaid property or any 

other rental unit in the United States 

and its territories that passes RD 

physical inspection standards, and 

where the owner will accept a Rural 

Development Voucher and execute a 

Form HUD 52641. Both the tenant and 

landlord must inform RD if the tenant 

plans to move during the HAP 

agreement term, even to a new unit in 

the same complex. All moves (within a 

complex or to another complex) require 

a new voucher obligation form, a new 

inspection by RD, and a new HAP 

agreement. In addition, HUD Section 8 

and federally-assisted public housing 

are excluded from the RDVP because 

those units are already federally 

subsidized; tenants with a Rural 

Development Voucher would have to 

give up the Rural Development Voucher 

to accept those other types of assistance 

at those properties. However, while the 

Rural Development Voucher may be 

used in other properties financed by RD, 

it cannot be used in combination with 

the RD RA program. Tenants with a 

Rural Development Voucher that apply 

for housing in an RD-financed property 

must choose between using the voucher 

or RA, if available. If the tenant 

relinquishes the Rural Development 

Voucher in favor of RA, the tenant is not 

eligible to receive another Rural 

Development Voucher while the tenant 

is receiving such RA. 

g. Term of Funding and Conditions 

for Renewal for Rural Development 

Vouchers. The RDVP provides voucher 

assistance over 12 monthly payments. 

The voucher is issued to the household 

in the name of the primary tenant as the 

voucher holder. The voucher is not 

transferable from the voucher holder to 

any other household member, except in 

the case of the voucher holder’s death 

or involuntary household separation, 

such as the incarceration of the voucher 

holder or transfer of the voucher holder 

to an assisted living or nursing home 

facility. Upon receiving documentation 

of such cases, the voucher may be 

transferred at the Agency’s discretion to 

another tenant on the voucher holder’s 

lease. 

The voucher is renewable subject to 

the availability of appropriations to the 

USDA. In order to renew a voucher, a 

tenant must return a signed Voucher 

Obligation Request Form, which will be 

sent to the tenant within 60–90 days 

before the current voucher expires. If 

the voucher holder fails to return the 

renewal Voucher Obligation Request 

Form before the current voucher 

funding expires, the voucher will be 

terminated and no renewal will occur. 

In order to ensure continued 

eligibility to use the Rural Development 

Voucher, tenants must certify at the 

time they apply for renewal of the 

voucher that the current tenant income 

does not exceed the ‘‘maximum income 

level,’’ which is 80 percent of family 

median income (a HUD dataset broken 

down by State, and then county). RD 

will advise the tenant of the maximum 

income level when the renewal Voucher 

Obligation Request Form is sent. 

Renewal requests will enjoy no 

preference over other voucher requests, 

and will be processed as described in 

this Notice. 

III. Non-Discrimination Statement 

USDA prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, age, 

disability, and where applicable, sex, 

marital status, familial status, parental 

status, religion, sexual orientation, 

genetic information, political beliefs, 

reprisal, or because of all or part of an 

individual’s income is derived from any 

public assistance program. (Not all 

prohibited bases apply to all programs.) 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication of 

program information (Braille, large 

print, audiotape, etc.) should contact 

USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720– 

2600 (voice and TDD). 

If you wish to file a Civil Rights 

program complaint of discrimination, 

complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, found 

online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/

complaint_filing_cust.html or at any 

USDA Office, or call (866) 632–9992 to 

request the form. Send your completed 

complaint form or letter by mail to: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Director, 

Office of Adjudication, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250; by fax at (202) 

690–7442; or, by email at: 

program.intake@usda.gov. Individuals 

who are deaf, hard of hearing or have 

speech disabilities and who wish to file 

a program complaint should please 

contact USDA through the Federal Relay 

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Service at (800) 877–8339 or (800) 845– 

6136 (in Spanish). USDA is an equal 

opportunity provider and employer. The 

full ‘‘Non-Discrimination Statement’’ is 

found at: http://www.usda.gov.wps/

portal/usda/usdahome?navtype=Non_

Discrimination. 

IV. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The information collection 

requirements contained in this 

document are those of the Housing 

Choice Voucher Program, which have 

been approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520) and assigned 

OMB control number 2577–0169. 

Dated: March 3, 2015. 

Tony Hernandez, 

Administrator, Housing and Community 

Facilities Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Requested—Review of Child 

Nutrition Data and Analysis for 

Program Management 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This is a new collection to review and 

document State and School Food 

Authority (SFA) National School Lunch 

Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast 

Program (SBP) Management Information 

Systems (MIS) in order to provide FNS 

with a baseline assessment of the MIS 

system and to inform FNS regarding 

how States and SFAs use data systems 

beyond fulfilling FNS reporting 

requirements. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received on or before May 8, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions that 

were used; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments may be submitted through 

one of the following methods: 

• Preferred method: Submit 

information through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submissions. 

• Mail: Submissions should be 

addressed to Dennis Ranalli, Social 

Science Policy Analyst, Office of Policy 

Support, FNS, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Room 1014, Alexandria, VA 22302. 

Comments may also be emailed to 

dennis.ranalli@fns.usda.gov. 

All information properly and timely 

submitted, using one of the methods 

described above, in response to this 

request will be included in the record 

and will be made available to the public 

on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov. Please be advised 

that the substance of the information 

provided and the identity of the 

individuals or entities submitting it will 

be subject to public disclosure. 

All written comments will be open for 

public inspection at the FNS office 

located at 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Alexandria, Virginia, 22302, Room 

1014, during regular business hours 

(8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through 

Friday). All responses to this notice will 

be summarized and included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 

will be a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Dennis Ranalli at 

703–305–2149 or dennis.ranalli@

fns.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Review of Child Nutrition Data 

and Analysis for Program Management. 

Form Number: N/A. 

OMB Number: Not yet assigned. 

Expiration Date: Not yet determined. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Abstract: The Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act of 1946 and 

Child Nutrition Act of 1966 provide the 

legislative authority for the National 

School Lunch Program (NSLP) and 

School Breakfast Program (SBP). These 

programs provide federal financial 

assistance and USDA foods to public 

and non-profit private schools and 

residential childcare institutions to 

facilitate serving meals that meet 

nutritional standards. At the State level, 

State education agencies (SEAs) 

administer NSLP/SBP. At the local 

level, School Food Authorities (SFAs) 

operate these programs through 

agreements with SEAs. SFAs use 

Management Information Systems (MIS) 

of varying levels of sophistication to 

collect the range of information required 

to implement and manage school food 

service programs. 

The information SFAs collect include 

meal production, labor cost, food cost, 

inventory and other data needed to 

manage their operations. SFAs also 

collect reimbursable meal counts and 

other information for obtaining NSLP/

SBP reimbursements and meeting State 

reporting requirements. SFAs are 

accountable for meeting NSLP/SBP 

standards, maintaining food safety 

standards, ensuring proper use of funds, 

and managing meal services within a 

budget. 

Current State and federal data 

collection requirements for the NSLP/

SBP have grown from manual paperbased reporting and early computer eras 

that were characterized by concerns to 

minimize paperwork and reporting 

burden. While SFAs collect a wide array 

of data to enhance local administration, 

SEAs request and aggregate a subset of 

this data and ultimately report only a 

small part of it to the Food and 

Nutrition Service (FNS) as State data. 

The purpose of this study is to review 

and document the management 

information systems of State education 

agencies and School Food Authorities. 

Specifically, the study will present a 

baseline assessment of the MIS systems 

based on data collected: 

• Objective 1: Determine the baseline 

‘‘as is’’ functionality of State education 

agencies (SEA) and School Food 

Authority (SFA) National School Lunch 

Program (NSLP)/School Breakfast 

Program (SBP) data management 

information systems. 

• Objective 2: Assess when State and 

local NSLP/SBP data management 

information systems were developed, 

and the expected longevity of these 

systems. 

• Objective 3: Determine the typical 

costs of developing, maintaining, 

modifying and replacing State and local 

NSLP/SBP data management 

information systems. 

• Objective 4: Outline the data 

elements that State and SFA NSLP/SBP 

data management systems collect and 

generate, beyond those reported to FNS, 

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