119-s1736

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1736 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1736

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 13, 2025

 Mrs. Murray introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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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 of 2025''.

SEC. 2. TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF ALL LOCAL FOOD SERVICE PERSONNEL.

 

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:
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            (iv) Availability and appropriateness of 
 training.--
 ``
            (I) In general.--A training 
 program carried out under this 
 subparagraph shall--
 ``

    (aa) be scheduled during 
 regular, paid working hours;
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    (bb) be offered in-
 person, if appropriate;
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            (cc) incorporate 
 experiential learning; and
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            (dd) be provided at no 
 cost to food service personnel.
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            (II) Program outside working 
 hours.--In the event that a training 
 program carried out under this 
 subparagraph is scheduled outside of 
 regular, paid working hours--
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    (aa) efforts shall be 
 made to inform food service 
 personnel of the necessity of 
 the program to be scheduled 
 outside of regular, paid 
 working hours;
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    (bb) food service 
 personnel shall be consulted to 
 schedule the program at a time 
 that is minimally disruptive to 
 the personnel participating in 
 the training program;
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            (cc) compensation shall 
 be provided to food service 
 personnel attending the program 
 at the regular rate of pay, 
 including any applicable 
 overtime rate; and
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            (dd) food service 
 personnel shall not be 
 penalized or in any other 
 manner discriminated against 
 for not being able to attend 
 the program.
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            (v) Relationship to other laws.--Nothing 
 in this subparagraph supersedes or otherwise 
 modifies any Federal, State, or local law or 
 legal obligation governing the relationship 
 between an employee and employer.''.
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