Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/992

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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 3624 "School year." 42 USC 1784.

42 USC 1757.

Ante, p. 3611. 42 USC 1761. "ehild" or "children." 42 USC 1784. Ante, p. 3611.

PUBLIC LAW 95-627—NOV. 10, 1978

" (7) 'School year' means the annual period from July 1 through June 30.". (c) Section 15(e) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is amended to read as follows: "(e) 'School year' means the annual period from July 1 throusrh June 30.". ^ & (d)(1) Section 8 of the National School Lunch Act is amended by inserting after the second sentence the following new sentence: "The terms 'child' and 'children' as used in this Act shall be deemed to include persons regardless of age who are determined by the State educational agency, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, to be mentally or physically handicapped and who are attending any child care institution as defined in section 17 of this Act or any nonresidential public or nonprofit private school of high school grade or under for the purpose of participating in a school program established for mentally or physically handicapped: Provided, That no institution that is not otherwise eligible to participate in the program under section 17 of this Act shall be deemed so eligible because of this sentence.". (2) Section 13(a)(1)(D) (ii) of the National School Lunch Act is amended by inserting "or nonprofit private" after "public". (3) Section 15 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: "(f) Except as used in section 17 of this xAct, the terms 'child' and 'children' as used in this Act, shall be deemed to include persons regardless of age who are determined by the State educational agency, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, to be mentally or physically handicapped and who are attending any nonresidential public or nonprofit private school of high school grade or under for the purpose of participating in a school program established for mentally or physically handicapped.". SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM PILOT PROJECTS

42 USC 1769.

Reimbursement.

42 USC 1758.

SEC. 11. Section 20 of the National School Lunch Act is amended by(1) inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence of subsection (c) the following: ", except for the pilot projects conducted under subsection (d) of this section"; and (2) adding at the end thereof a new subsection (d) as follows: "(d)(1) The Secretary may conduct pilot projects in not more than fourteen school districts (or other appropriate units), of which not more than two may be located in any administrative region of the Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture, for the purpose of determining the feasibility, cost, and other consequences of providing lunches free to all children, without regard to the income of the children's families, during the school year beginning July 1, 1979. "(2) The Secretary shall reimburse school food authorities participating in a pilot project under this subsection for all lunches served to children on the same basis that the Secretary normally provides for lunches served to children meeting the eligibility requirements for free lunches under section 9 of this Act.