42 U.S.C. § 1753 : US Code - Section 1753: Apportionments to States

Search 42 U.S.C. § 1753 : US Code - Section 1753: Apportionments to States

(a) The sums appropriated for any fiscal year pursuant to the
authorizations contained in section 1752 of this title shall be
available to the Secretary for supplying agricultural commodities
and other food for the program in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter.
(b)(1) The Secretary shall make food assistance payments to each
State educational agency each fiscal year, at such times as the
Secretary may determine, from the sums appropriated for such
purpose, in a total amount equal to the product obtained by
multiplying -
(A) the number of lunches (consisting of a combination of foods
which meet the minimum nutritional requirements prescribed by the
Secretary under section 1758(a) of this title) served during such
fiscal year in schools in such State which participate in the
school lunch program under this chapter under agreements with
such State educational agency; by
(B) the national average lunch payment prescribed in paragraph
(2) of this subsection.
(2) The national average lunch payment for each lunch served
shall be 10.5 cents (as adjusted pursuant to section 1759a(a) of
this title) except that for each lunch served in school food
authorities in which 60 percent or more of the lunches served in
the school lunch program during the second preceding school year
were served free or at a reduced price, the national average lunch
payment shall be 2 cents more.