[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR210.23]

[Page 58-59]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 210_NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart E_State Agency and School Food Authority Responsibilities
 
Sec. 210.23  Other responsibilities.

    (a) Free and reduced price lunches and meal supplements. State 
agencies and school food authorities shall ensure that lunches and meal 
supplements are made available free or at a reduced price to all 
children who are determined by the school food authority to be eligible 
for such benefits. The determination of a child's eligibility for free

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or reduced price lunches and meal supplements is to be made in 
accordance with 7 CFR part 245.
    (b) Civil rights. In the operation of the Program, no child shall be 
denied benefits or be otherwise discriminated against because of race, 
color, national origin, age, sex, or disability. State agencies and 
school food authorities shall comply with the requirements of: Title VI 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; title IX of the Education Amendments of 
1972; section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Age 
Discrimination Act of 1975; Department of Agriculture regulations on 
nondiscrimination (7 CFR parts 15, 15a, and 15b); and FNS Instruction 
113-6.
    (c) Retention of records. State agencies and school food authorities 
may retain necessary records in their original form or on microfilm. 
State agency records shall be retained for a period of 3 years after the 
date of submission of the final Financial Status Report for the fiscal 
year. School food authority records shall be retained for a period of 3 
years after submission of the final Claim for Reimbursement for the 
fiscal year. In either case, if audit findings have not been resolved, 
the records shall be retained beyond the 3-year period as long as 
required for the resolution of the issues raised by the audit.

[53 FR 29147, Aug. 2, 1988, as amended at 58 FR 42489, Aug. 10, 1993; 64 
FR 50741, Sept. 20, 1999]