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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 2331
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 30, 2019
Mrs. MURRAY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Training
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for School Food Service Workers Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF ALL LOCAL
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FOOD SERVICE PERSONNEL.
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Section 7(g)(2)(B) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
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(42 U.S.C. 1776(g)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the
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end the following:
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‘‘(iv)
AVAILABILITY
AND
APPRO-
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PRIATENESS OF TRAINING.—
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‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—A training
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program carried out under this sub-
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paragraph shall—
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‘‘(aa) to the maximum ex-
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tent practicable, be scheduled
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during regular, paid working
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hours;
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‘‘(bb) be offered in-person, if
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appropriate;
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‘‘(cc) incorporate hands-on
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training techniques; and
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‘‘(dd) be provided at no cost
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to food service personnel.
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‘‘(II) PROGRAM OUTSIDE WORK-
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ING
HOURS.—In the event that a
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training program carried out under
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this subparagraph is scheduled out-
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side of regular, paid working hours—
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‘‘(aa) efforts shall be made
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to inform food service personnel
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of the necessity of the program
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to be scheduled outside of reg-
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ular, paid working hours;
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‘‘(bb) food service personnel
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shall be consulted to schedule the
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program at a time that is mini-
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mally disruptive to the personnel
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participating in the training pro-
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gram;
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‘‘(cc) compensation shall be
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provided to food service personnel
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attending the program at the
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regular rate of pay, including any
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applicable overtime rate; and
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‘‘(dd) food service personnel
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shall not be penalized or in any
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other
manner
discriminated
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against for not being able to at-
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tend the program.
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‘‘(v)
RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
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LAWS.—Nothing in this subparagraph su-
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persedes or otherwise modifies any Fed-
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eral, State, or local law or legal obligation
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governing the relationship between an em-
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ployee and employer.’’.
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