CERTIFICATION BY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

SEC. 108. CERTIFICATION BY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.(a) Certification by Local Educational Agency.—Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended—(1) in the second sentence of subsection (b)(11) (as redesignated by section 104(a)(1)), by striking “Local school authorities” and inserting “Local educational agencies”; and(2) in subsection (d)(2)—(A) by striking “local school food authority” each place it appears and inserting “local educational agency”; and(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking “such authority” and inserting “the local educational agency”.(b) Definition of Local Educational Agency.—Section 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(d)) is amended—(1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (3) and moving the paragraph to appear after paragraph (2);(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) (as those paragraphs existed before the amendment made by paragraph (1)) as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively; and(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following:“(4) Local educational agency.—“(A) In general.—The term ‘local educational agency’ has the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).“(B) Inclusion.—The term ‘local educational agency’ includes, in the case of a private nonprofit school, an appropriate entity determined by the Secretary.”.(c) School Breakfast Program.—Section 4(b)(1)(E)) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773(b)(1)(E)) is amended by striking “school food authority” each place it appears and inserting “local educational agency”.