Plain English summary not yet available
The full original text is available below. Check back soon as we process this bill.
I
116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2651
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to clarify the availability and
appropriateness of training for local food service personnel, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 9, 2019
Mr. POCAN (for himself, Mr. KATKO, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, and Ms.
STEFANIK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to clarify the
availability and appropriateness of training for local food
service personnel, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Training
4
for School Food Service Workers Act’’.
5
SEC. 2. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING.
6
Section 7(g)(2)(B) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
7
(42 U.S.C. 1776(g)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the
8
end the following:
9
VerDate Sep 11 2014
05:43 May 22, 2019
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2651.IH
H2651
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS
2
•HR 2651 IH
‘‘(iv)
AVAILABILITY
AND
APPRO-
1
PRIATENESS
OF
TRAINING.—A training
2
program carried out under this subpara-
3
graph shall be—
4
‘‘(I) a program scheduled pri-
5
marily during regular, paid working
6
hours, and in the event such program
7
is scheduled outside of such working
8
hours—
9
‘‘(aa) efforts shall be made
10
to inform food service personnel
11
of the necessity of such program
12
to be so scheduled;
13
‘‘(bb) compensation shall be
14
provided to such personnel for at-
15
tending such program; and
16
‘‘(cc) such personnel shall
17
not be penalized for not being
18
able to attend such program; and
19
‘‘(II) offered in-person whenever
20
appropriate, and incorporate hands-on
21
training techniques.’’.
22
Æ
VerDate Sep 11 2014
05:43 May 22, 2019
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H2651.IH
H2651
kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS