[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8247-8248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04073]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

7 CFR Parts 210 and 235

[FNS-2017-0039]
RIN 0584-AE60


Hiring Flexibility Under Professional Standards; Correction

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the final rule 
published in the Federal Register on March 1, 2019, ``Hiring 
Flexibility Under Professional Standards.''

DATES: This correction is effective April 30, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina Namian, Chief, School Programs 
Branch, Policy and Program Development Division, Food and Nutrition 
Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, 12th floor, Alexandria, Virginia 
22302; 703-305-2590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Food and Nutrition Service published a 
final rule in the Federal Register, 84 FR 6953, on March 1, 2019, to 
add four flexibilities to the hiring standards for new school nutrition 
program directors in small local educational agencies (LEAs) and new 
State directors of school nutrition programs under the Professional 
Standards regulations for the National School Lunch Program and School 
Breakfast Program. First, to address hiring challenges faced by small 
LEAs, which are those with 2,499 or fewer students, this rule requires 
relevant food service experience rather than school nutrition program 
experience for new school nutrition program directors. Second, it 
provides State agencies with discretion to consider documented 
volunteer or unpaid work as relevant experience for new school 
nutrition program directors in LEAs with 2,499 or fewer students. 
Third, it gives State agencies discretion to accept less than the 
required years of food service experience when an applicant for a new 
director position in an LEA with fewer than 500 students has the 
minimum required education. Lastly, this rule adds flexibility to the 
hiring standards for State directors of school nutrition programs by 
allowing State agencies to consider applicants with either a bachelor's 
or advanced degree in specified fields. These changes are expected to 
expand the pool of candidates qualified to serve as leaders in the 
school nutrition programs while continuing to ensure that school 
nutrition professionals are able to perform their duties effectively 
and efficiently.

Need for Correction

    The table in Sec.  230.30, paragraph (b)(2), omitted a change to 
the standards. This document corrects those errors.
    Therefore, in FR Doc. No. 2019-03524, appearing on page 6953 in the 
issue of March 1, 2019, make the following correction;


Sec.  210.30   [Corrected]

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1. On page 6960, correct the table in Sec.  210.30(b)(2) to read as 
follows:

                          Summary of School Nutrition Program Director Professional Standards by Local Educational Agency Size
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                                                                                                                            Student enrollment 10,000 or
 Minimum requirements for directors        Student enrollment 2,499 or less            Student enrollment 2,500-9,999                   more
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Minimum Education Standards           Bachelor's degree, or equivalent           Bachelor's degree, or equivalent           Bachelor's degree, or
 (required) (new directors only).      educational experience, with academic      educational experience, with academic      equivalent educational
                                       major or concentration in food and         major or concentration in food and         experience, with academic
                                       nutrition, food service management,        nutrition, food service management,        major or concentration in
                                       dietetics, family and consumer sciences,   dietetics, family and consumer sciences,   food and nutrition, food
                                       nutrition education, culinary arts,        nutrition education, culinary arts,        service management,
                                       business, or a related field;              business, or a related field;              dietetics, family and
                                                                                                                             consumer sciences,
                                                                                                                             nutrition education,
                                                                                                                             culinary arts, business, or
                                                                                                                             a related field;
                                      OR                                         OR                                         OR
                                      Bachelor's degree, or equivalent           Bachelor's degree, or equivalent           Bachelor's degree, or
                                       educational experience, with any           educational experience, with any           equivalent educational
                                       academic major or area of concentration,   academic major or area of concentration,   experience, with any
                                       and either a State-recognized              and a State-recognized certificate for     academic major or area of
                                       certificate for school nutrition           school nutrition directors;                concentration, and a State-
                                       directors or at least 1 year of relevant                                              recognized certificate for
                                       food service experience;                                                              school nutrition directors;
                                      OR                                         OR                                         OR

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                                      Associate's degree, or equivalent          Bachelor's degree in any academic major    Bachelor's degree in any
                                       educational experience, with academic      and at least 2 years of relevant school    major and at least 5 years
                                       major or concentration in food and         nutrition program experience;              of experience in management
                                       nutrition, food service management,       OR                                          of school nutrition
                                       dietetics, family and consumer sciences,  Associate's degree, or equivalent           programs.
                                       nutrition education, culinary arts,        educational experience, with academic
                                       business, or a related field, and at       major or concentration in food and
                                       least 1 year of relevant food service      nutrition, food service management,
                                       experience;                                dietetics, family and consumer sciences,
                                      OR                                          nutrition education, culinary arts,
                                      High school diploma (or GED) and 3 years    business, or a related field, and at
                                       of relevant food service experience.       least 2 years of relevant school
                                                                                  nutrition program experience
Minimum Education Standards           Directors hired without an associate's     Directors hired without a bachelor's       Master's degree, or
 (preferred) (new directors only).     degree are strongly encouraged to work     degree are strongly encouraged to work     willingness to work toward
                                       toward attaining an associate's degree     toward attaining a bachelor's degree       a master's degree,
                                       upon hiring                                upon hiring                                preferred.
                                      .........................................  .........................................  At least 1 year of
                                                                                                                             management experience,
                                                                                                                             preferably in school
                                                                                                                             nutrition, is strongly
                                                                                                                             recommended.
                                                                                                                            At least 3 credit hours at
                                                                                                                             the university level in
                                                                                                                             food service management
                                                                                                                             plus at least 3 credit
                                                                                                                             hours in nutritional
                                                                                                                             sciences at time of hiring
                                                                                                                             is strongly preferred.
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Minimum Prior Training Standards       At least 8 hours of food safety training is required either not more than 5 years prior to their starting date or
 (required) (new directors only).                                completed within 30 calendar days of employee's starting date
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    Dated: March 1, 2019.
Brandon Lipps,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-04073 Filed 3-6-19; 8:45 am]
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