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42 U.S.C. § 1758a

State performance on enrolling children receiving program benefits for free school meals

United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective

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42 U.S.C. § 1758a, State performance on enrolling children receiving program benefits for free school meals, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/477808
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Not later than December 31, 2008 and June 30 of each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Agriculture and Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that assesses the effectiveness of each State in enrolling school-aged children in households receiving program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) (referred to in this section as “program benefits”) for free school meals using direct certification. The assessment of the Secretary of the performance of each State shall include— The report of the Secretary shall describe best practices from States with the best performance or the most improved performance from the previous year.

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