School Lunch Price Protection Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1805
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2015-07-21
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>School Lunch Price Protection Act of 2015</strong> </p> <p>This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to alter&nbsp;the formula that school food authorities are required to use to establish the price for a paid lunch (a lunch provided to children who are not eligible for free or reduced price meals). Specifically, the bill makes the formula&nbsp;applicable only to school food authorities that had a negative balance in their nonprofit school food service account for the previous school year.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1805 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 21, 2015 Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. King ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to provide flexibility to school food authorities in establishing a price for paid school lunches.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the School Lunch Price Protection Act of 2015 . 2. Paid lunches Section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1760(p) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: (A) Requirement For each school year beginning on or after July 1, 2015, each school food authority that had a negative balance of funds in the nonprofit school food service account of the school food authority for the previous school year shall establish a price for paid lunches in accordance with this subsection. ; (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting described in subparagraph (A) after authority ; and (C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by inserting described in subparagraph (A) after authority ; and (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting described in paragraph (2)(A) after authority .