Appendix A.2 Section 305 of the 2010 Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act

APPENDIX A.2
SECTION 305 OF THE 2010 HEALTHY HUNGER FREE KIDS ACT

PUBLIC LAW 111–296—DEC. 13, 2010

124 STAT. 3243

SEC. 305. PROGRAM EVALUATION.

Section 28 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1769i) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) COOPERATION WITH PROGRAM RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.—States, State educational agencies, local educational agencies, schools, institutions, facilities, and contractors participating
in programs authorized under this Act and the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) shall cooperate with officials
and contractors acting on behalf of the Secretary, in the conduct
of evaluations and studies under those Acts.’’.

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SEC. 306. PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE.

Section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776)
is amended by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:
‘‘(g) PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE.—
‘‘(1) CRITERIA FOR SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE AND STATE AGENCY
DIRECTORS.—
‘‘(A) SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE DIRECTORS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a
program of required education, training, and certification for all school food service directors responsible
for the management of a school food authority.
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—The program shall include—
‘‘(I) minimum educational requirements necessary to successfully manage the school lunch
program established under the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.)
and the school breakfast program established by
section 4 of this Act;
‘‘(II) minimum program training and certification criteria for school food service directors; and
‘‘(III) minimum periodic training criteria to
maintain school food service director certification.
‘‘(B) SCHOOL NUTRITION STATE AGENCY DIRECTORS.—
The Secretary shall establish criteria and standards for
States to use in the selection of State agency directors
with responsibility for the school lunch program established
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the school breakfast program
established by section 4 of this Act.
‘‘(C) TRAINING PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary
may provide financial and other assistance to 1 or more
professional food service management organizations—
‘‘(i) to establish and manage the program under
this paragraph; and
‘‘(ii) to develop voluntary training and certification
programs for other school food service workers.
‘‘(D) REQUIRED DATE OF COMPLIANCE.—
‘‘(i) SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE DIRECTORS.—The Secretary shall establish a date by which all school food
service directors whose local educational agencies are
participating in the school lunch program established
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the school breakfast
program established by section 4 of this Act shall be
required to comply with the education, training, and

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