To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year shall be required to establish a price for paid lunches.

Bill: 116-hr-5686
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2020-01-28
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health

Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Food assistance and relief

Nutrition and diet
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill provides that only school food authorities with a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year are required to establish a price for paid lunches using the formula specified under current law (known as Paid Lunch Equity requirements).</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5686 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 28, 2020 Mrs. Hartzler (for herself and Ms. Schrier ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require that only a school food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year shall be required to establish a price for paid lunches.

1. Required price for paid lunch Section 12(p)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1760(p)(2)(A) ) is amended by inserting that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30th of the year preceding the previous school year after school food authority .