[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: 7CFR227.37]



[Page 263-264]

 

                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE

 

    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 

PART 227_NUTRITION EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart C_State Coordinator Provisions

 

Sec. 227.37  State plan for nutrition education and training.



    (a) General. Each fiscal year the State agency shall submit a State 

plan for Nutrition Education and Training for approval to FNS. The State 

plan shall be based on the needs identified from the ongoing needs 

assessment and evaluation of the State plans from previous years. The 

State plan shall be submitted in accordance with Sec. 227.30(e). 

Guidance for the preparation and submission of the State plan shall be 

provided by FNS.

    (b) Requirements for the State plan. The State plan shall provide 

the following:

    (1) Description of the ongoing needs assessment conducted within the 

State;

    (2) The findings of the needs assessment within the State used to 

determine the goals and objectives of the State plan and results of the 

evaluation of the previous years' State plans for:

    (i) Inservice training of food service personnel, (ii) nutrition 

education of children, (iii) inservice training in nutrition education 

for teachers;

    (3) Goals and objectives of the State plan;

    (4) Identification of the priority populations to be reached during 

the fiscal year;

    (5) Provisions for coordinating the nutrition education and training 

programs carried out with funds made available under this part with any 

related publicly supported programs being carried out within the State 

to include:

    (i) Identification of existing programs that may be utilized, (ii) 

description of how representatives of such groups are to be involved in 

the planning and implementation of the State program; (iii) criteria and 

procedure for selection of such representatives;

    (6) Plans to solicit advice and recommendations of the National 

Advisory Council on Child Nutrition, State educational or other 

appropriate agencies; the U.S. Department of Education; the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human Services; and other interested groups and 

individuals concerned with improvement of child nutrition.

    (7) Plans, including a timetable, for reaching all children in the 

State with instruction in the nutritional value of foods and the 

relationship among food, nutrition and health, for inservice training of 

food service personnel in the principles and skills of food service 

management and nutrition and for inservice instruction for teachers in 

sound principles of nutrition education;

    (8) Any plans for using, on a priority basis, the resources of the 

land-grant colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of July 2, 

1862 (12 Stat. 503; 7 U.S.C. 301 through 305, 307, and 308) or the Act 

of August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 417, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 312 through 326 

and 328), including the Tuskegee Institute;

    (9) A brief description of the program or activities to be 

contracted with land-grant colleges, described above, and other 

institutions of higher education, and other public or private nonprofit 

educational or research agencies, institutions or organizations for 

carrying out nutrition education and training activities;

    (10) A brief description of pilot projects, including objectives, 

subject matter and expected outcomes, to be contracted with the land-

grant colleges described above, other institutions of higher education, 

public and nonprofit educational or research agencies, institutions, or 

organizations for but not limited to proj ects for development, 

demonstration, testing and evaluation of curricula for use in early 

childhood, elementary, and secondary education programs;

    (11) Identification of schools, school districts, and sponsoring 

agencies which may agree to participate in the nutrition education and 

training program;

    (12) A brief description of (i) State agency sponsored pilot 

projects including objectives, subject matter and anticipated outcomes 

and (ii) nutrition education and training programs to be conducted by 

schools, school districts, and sponsoring agencies receiving funds under 

this provision including



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objectives, subject matter and expected outcomes;

    (13) Time frame and milestones for implementation of State plans;

    (14) Plans to evaluate program activities including an evaluation 

component for each objective of the State plan;

    (15) Description of staff available to perform State agency 

responsibilities of the State nutrition education and training program 

which includes:

    (i) Definition of duties and responsibilities, (ii) minimum 

professional qualifications, (iii) number and classification of 

personnel;

    (16) A description of the procedures used to comply with the 

requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including 

racial and ethnic participation data collection, public notification 

procedures and the annual civil rights compliance review process;

    (17) Plans for the conduct of audits in accordance with Sec. 

227.31;

    (18) A budget detailing the use of program funds;

    (19) Description of the financial management system in accordance 

with Sec. 227.30(e);

    (20) Description of the management evaluation and review procedures 

established in accordance with Sec. 227.31(b); and

    (21) Other components that the States determine necessary.

    (c) States eligible to receive additional funds pursuant to Sec. 

227.30(b-1) shall submit an amendment to the State plan to the Food and 

Nutrition Service Regional Office for prior approval.



[44 FR 28282, May 15, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 14842, Mar. 7, 1980; 48 

FR 39213, Aug. 30, 1983]