[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 7, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 7CFR210.23]



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                          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 

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]