SEVERE NEED ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 201. SEVERE NEED ASSISTANCE. Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:“(d) Severe Need Assistance.—“(1) In general.—Each State educational agency shall provide additional assistance to schools in severe need, which shall include only those schools (having a breakfast program or desiring to initiate a breakfast program) in which—“(A) during the most recent second preceding school year for which lunches were served, 40 percent or more of the lunches served to students at the school were served free or at a reduced price; or “(B) in the case of a school in which lunches were not served during the most recent second preceding school year, the Secretary otherwise determines that the requirements of subparagraph (A) would have been met.“(2) Additional assistance.—A school, on the submission of appropriate documentation about the need circumstances in that school and the eligibility of the school for additional 118 STAT. 769 assistance, shall be entitled to receive the meal reimbursement rate specified in subsection (b)(2).”.