[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4844 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4844

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2023

Mr. Pocan (for himself and Ms. Stefanik) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Training for School Food 
Service Workers Act''.

SEC. 2. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING.

    Section 7(g)(2)(B) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1776(g)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) Availability and appropriateness of 
                        training.--A training program carried out under 
                        this subparagraph shall be--
                                    ``(I) a program scheduled primarily 
                                during regular, paid working hours, and 
                                in the event such program is scheduled 
                                outside of such working hours--
                                            ``(aa) efforts shall be 
                                        made to inform food service 
                                        personnel of the necessity of 
                                        such program to be so 
                                        scheduled;
                                            ``(bb) compensation shall 
                                        be provided to such personnel 
                                        for attending such program; and
                                            ``(cc) such personnel shall 
                                        not be penalized for not being 
                                        able to attend such program; 
                                        and
                                    ``(II) offered in-person whenever 
                                appropriate, and incorporate hands-on 
                                training techniques.''.
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