42 USC 1766a - Meal supplements for children in afterschool care

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§ 1766a.

Meal supplements for children in afterschool care

(a)

General authority

(1)

Grants to States

(2)

Eligible schools

For the purposes of this section, the term “eligible elementary and secondary schools” means schools that—

(A)

operate school lunch programs under this chapter;

(B)

sponsor afterschool care programs; and

(C)

operate afterschool programs with an educational or enrichment purpose.

(b)

Eligible children

(c)

Reimbursement

(1)

At-risk school children

In the case of an eligible child who is participating in a program authorized under this section operated at a site located in a geographical area served by a school in which at least 50 percent of the children enrolled are certified as eligible to receive free or reduced price school meals under this chapter or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), a supplement provided under this section to the child shall be—

(A)

reimbursed at the rate at which free supplements are reimbursed under section 1766(c)(3) of this title; and

(B)

served without charge.

(2)

Other school children

(d)

Contents of supplements

(June 4, 1946, ch. 281, § 17A, as added Pub. L. 101–147, title I, § 106(a), Nov. 10, 1989, 103 Stat. 885; amended Pub. L. 105–336, title I, § 108, Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3153.)

cite as: 42 USC 1766a