[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
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[CITE: 7CFR225.3]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 225_SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  225.3  Administration.

    (a) Responsibility within the Department. FNS shall act on behalf of 
the Department in the administration of the Program.
    (b) State administered programs. Within the State, responsibility 
for the administration of the Program shall be in the State agency. Each 
State agency must notify the Department by November 1 of the fiscal year 
regarding its intention to administer the Program. Each State agency 
desiring to take part in the Program shall enter into a written 
agreement with FNS for the administration of the Program in accordance 
with the provisions of this part. The agreement shall cover the 
operation of the Program during the period specified therein and may be 
extended by written consent of both parties. The agreement shall contain 
an assurance that the State agency will comply with the Department's 
nondiscrimination regulations (7 CFR part 15) issued under title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and any Instructions issued by FNS 
pursuant to those regulations, title IX of the Education Amendments of 
1972, and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. However, if a 
State educational agency is not permitted by law to disburse funds to 
any of the nonpublic schools in the State, the Secretary shall disburse 
the funds directly to such schools within the State for the same 
purposes and subject to the same conditions as the disbursements to 
public schools within the State by the State educational agency.
    (c) Regional office administered programs. The Secretary shall not 
administer the Program in the States, except that if a FNSRO has 
continuously administered the Program in any State since October 1, 
1980, FNS shall continue to administer the Program in that State. In 
States in which FNSRO administers the Program, it shall have all of the 
responsibilities of a State agency and shall earn State administrative 
and Program funds as set forth in this part. A State in which FNS 
administers the Program may, upon request to FNS, assume administration 
of the Program.

[54 FR 18208, Apr. 27, 1989, as amended at 55 FR 13466, Apr. 10, 1990; 
64 FR 72483, Dec. 28, 1999]