‘‘(C) the Secretary of Education; and 
‘‘(D) the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development. 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS.—A Governor of a State receiv-
ing funding under this section to carry out a demonstra-
tion project shall provide for— 
‘‘(1) a collaboration among key stakeholders in 
the State, such as representatives from business, 
nonprofits, faith- and community-based organiza-
tions, institutions of higher education, the philan-
thropic sector, and public agencies that oversee Fed-
eral child nutrition programs, education, housing, 
public health, and other social service programs; 
‘‘(2) a collaborative planning process that re-
sults in a comprehensive agenda to eliminate child-
hood hunger that is— 
‘‘(A) described in a detailed project plan; 
and 
‘‘(B) provided to the Secretary for ap-
proval; 
‘‘(3) an annual budget; 
‘‘(4) specific performance goals, including the 
goal to sharply reduce or eliminate food insecurity 
among children in the State by 2015, as determined 
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through a methodology prescribed by the Secretary 
and carried out by the Governor; and 
‘‘(5) an independent evaluation described in 
subsection (g). 
‘‘(g) EVALUATION.—Each Governor of a State car-
rying out a project with funds under this section shall 
carry out an independent evaluation that measures and 
evaluates the impact of any activities carried out under 
the project on the rate of childhood food insecurity in the 
State that— 
‘‘(1) includes a preimplementation baseline and 
annual measurements taken during the project of 
the level of food insecurity in the State; 
‘‘(2) is carried out using a scientifically valid 
methodology prescribed by the Secretary, including 
random assignment or other methods that are capa-
ble of producing scientifically valid information, to 
determine which activities are effective in reducing 
the prevalence or preventing the incidence of food in-
security and hunger in the community, especially 
among children; and 
‘‘(3) evaluates the impact of the project on ap-
propriate participation, food security, nutrition, and 
associated behavioral outcomes among participating 
children. 
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‘‘(h) REPORTING.—Not later than December 31, 
2011, and each December 31 thereafter until the date on 
which the last evaluation under subsection (g) of a project 
funded under this section is completed, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) submit to the Committee on Education 
and Labor of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate a report that includes a description 
of— 
‘‘(A) the status of each demonstration 
project carried out with funds under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) the results of any evaluations of the 
demonstration projects completed during the 
previous fiscal year; and 
‘‘(2) ensure that the evaluation results are 
shared broadly to inform policy makers, service pro-
viders, other partners, and the public in order to 
promote the wide use of successful strategies. 
‘‘(i) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) DURATION.—No project may be funded 
under this section for more than 5 years. 
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‘‘(2) NUMBER OF PROJECT.—No Governor of a 
State may receive funds under this section to carry 
out more than 1 project. 
‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE
BASIS.—Funds provided 
under this section shall be made available to a Gov-
ernor of a State for each year of the grant or con-
tract awarded to such Governor of a State. The 
amount of funds provided for each year shall be con-
tingent on the satisfactory implementation of the 
project plan submitted under subsection (f)(2) and 
progress towards the performance goals defined in 
the plan. 
‘‘(4) OTHER BENEFITS.—Funds made available 
under this section may not be used for any project 
in a manner that is inconsistent with— 
‘‘(A) the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); or 
‘‘(C) the Emergency Food Assistance Act 
of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.). 
‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means a person 
under the age of 18. 
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‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a public or private agency or organiza-
tion, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) GOVERNOR OF A STATE.—The term ‘Gov-
ernor of a State’ means— 
‘‘(A) a Governor of a State; or 
‘‘(B) an eligible entity approved by a Gov-
ernor of a State. 
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 to carry 
out this section for fiscal years 2011 through 2015, to re-
main available until September 30, 2015.’’. 
SEC. 143. POLICIES AND PRACTICES TO PREVENT OVERT 
IDENTIFICATION. 
Section 9(b)(10) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(10)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(10) PROHIBITION
OF
OVERT
IDENTIFICA-
TION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A school participating 
in the school lunch program under this Act 
shall not— 
‘‘(i) physically segregate, or otherwise 
discriminate against, any child eligible for 
a free or reduced price meal under this Act 
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or section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); or 
‘‘(ii) overtly identify any child by spe-
cial tokens or tickets, announced or pub-
lished list of names, or by other means, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY
OF
REIMBURSABLE 
MEALS FOR ELIGIBLE CHILDREN.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Consistent with 
the provisions of this paragraph, each local 
educational agency shall notify parents and 
guardians in writing of the policies with re-
spect to providing meals under this Act or 
section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) to children— 
‘‘(I) who do not have sufficient 
funds to purchase a paid or reduced 
price meal; or 
‘‘(II) who are members of house-
holds that have an outstanding debt 
owed to the local educational agency 
for a reimbursable meal. 
‘‘(ii) FREE MEALS.—All children who 
are certified as eligible for free meals shall 
be offered the reimbursable meal that is 
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communication with the parent or 
guardian as necessary to carry out 
such notification; 
‘‘(II) shall attempt to directly 
certify, under paragraph (4) and (5), 
the child; 
‘‘(III) if direct certification pur-
suant to subclause (II) is not prac-
ticable or successful and such house-
hold does not have an approved house-
hold application on file with the agen-
cy, shall provide a household applica-
tion and related materials to such 
household; and 
‘‘(IV) may attempt to collect un-
paid reimbursable meal fees from such 
household. 
‘‘(C) STUDY ON CURRENT PRACTICES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall assess policies and practices at the 
State, local educational agency, and school 
food authority level in effect as of the date 
of enactment of the Improving Nutrition 
for America’s Children Act, which may im-
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pact the overt identification of eligible chil-
dren, including policies and procedures— 
‘‘(I) to attempt to directly certify 
as eligible for free meals, children 
from households that have an out-
standing debt owed to the local edu-
cational agency for a reimbursable 
meal; 
‘‘(II) to collect payment from 
children for a reimbursable meal, in-
cluding children from households that 
have an outstanding debt owed to the 
local educational agency for such 
meal; 
‘‘(III) to extend credit to children 
for the cost of purchasing a reimburs-
able meal if a child has insufficient 
funds to pay for such meal; 
‘‘(IV) to provide children that 
have insufficient funds with an alter-
native meal other than the reimburs-
able meal offered; 
‘‘(V) that may directly impact a 
child with insufficient funds in a man-
ner unassociated with school meal 
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service, such as withholding edu-
cational opportunities; and 
‘‘(VI) that may directly or indi-
rectly result in the overt identification 
of students eligible for reimbursable 
meals, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(ii) REPORT.—Not later than Octo-
ber 1, 2012, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Education and Labor of 
the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate a report that de-
scribes— 
‘‘(I) findings of the assessment 
under clause (i); and 
‘‘(II) recommendations for na-
tional standards for meal payment 
and food service policies and practices 
to ensure that children eligible for 
free or reduced price lunch or break-
fast 
are 
certified 
expeditiously 
throughout the school year and are 
not overtly identified, with consider-
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ations for feasibility, content, and im-
plementation. 
‘‘(D) GUIDANCE.—After submitting the re-
port under subparagraph (C), the Secretary 
shall develop and provide guidance in the form 
of best practices consistent with this paragraph 
to States, school food authorities, and local edu-
cational agencies with regard to meal payment 
and food service policies and practices to ensure 
eligible children have access to free and reduced 
price meals and are not overtly identified. 
‘‘(E) FURTHER
ACTION.—The Secretary 
may— 
‘‘(i) 
test 
through 
demonstration 
projects the recommendations from the re-
port submitted under subparagraph (C)(ii); 
or 
‘‘(ii) implement national standards 
through regulations, which shall consider— 
‘‘(I) the results of any dem-
onstration projects under clause (i); 
‘‘(II) the impact of overt identi-
fication on children; 
‘‘(III) the manner in which eligi-
ble children will be provided with as-
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sistance in becoming certified for free 
or reduced school meals; and 
‘‘(IV) the potential financial and 
administrative impact on school food 
authorities and local educational agen-
cies.’’. 
SEC. 144. STUDY RELATING TO THE CHILD AND ADULT 
CARE FOOD PROGRAM. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary, acting through the Ad-
ministrator of the Food and Nutrition Service, shall carry 
out a study of States participating in an afterschool at- 
risk meal service program under the child and adult care 
food program established under section 17(r) of the Rich-
ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1766). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress, and make available on the Web site of the Food 
and Nutrition Service, a report that describes— 
(1) the results of the study; 
(2) best practices of States in soliciting spon-
sors for an afterschool at-risk meal service program 
described in subsection (a); and 
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(3) any Federal or State laws or requirements 
that may be a barrier to participation in the pro-
gram. 
SEC. 145. WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS WITHOUT HUNGER. 
Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(j) WEEKENDS
AND HOLIDAYS WITHOUT HUN-
GER.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—From the amounts ap-
propriated under paragraph (7), the Secretary shall 
carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary 
shall provide commodities to eligible institutions to 
carry out projects to provide nutritious food to at- 
risk school children on weekends and during ex-
tended school holidays during the school year. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to re-
ceive commodities under this subsection, an eli-
gible institution shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may determine. 
‘‘(B) PLAN.—An application under sub-
paragraph (A) shall include the plan of the eli-
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