TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE.

SEC. 125. TRAINING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE. (a) In General.—Section 21(a)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(a)(1)) is amended by striking “activities and” and all that follows and inserting “activities and provide—“(A) training and technical assistance to improve the skills of individuals employed in—118 STAT. 762“(i) food service programs carried out with assistance under this Act and, to the maximum extent practicable, using individuals who administer exemplary local food service programs in the State;“(ii) school breakfast programs carried out with assistance under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and“(iii) as appropriate, other federally assisted feeding programs; and“(B) assistance, on a competitive basis, to State agencies for the purpose of aiding schools and school food authorities with at least 50 percent of enrolled children certified to receive free or reduced price meals (and, if there are any remaining funds, other schools and school food authorities) in meeting the cost of acquiring or upgrading technology and information management systems for use in food service programs carried out under this Act and section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), if the school or school food authority submits to the State agency an infrastructure development plan that—“(i) addresses the cost savings and improvements in program integrity and operations that would result from the use of new or upgraded technology; “(ii) ensures that there is not any overt identification of any child by special tokens or tickets, announced or published list of names, or by any other means;“(iii) provides for processing and verifying applications for free and reduced price school meals;“(iv) integrates menu planning, production, and serving data to monitor compliance with section 9(f)(1); and“(v) establishes compatibility with statewide reporting systems;“(C) assistance, on a competitive basis, to State agencies with low proportions of schools or students that—“(i) participate in the school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and “(ii) demonstrate the greatest need, for the purpose of aiding schools in meeting costs associated with initiating or expanding a school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773), including outreach and informational activities; and”.(b) Duties of Food Service Management Institute.—Section 21(c)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(c)(2)(B)) is amended—(1) by striking clauses (vi) and (vii) and inserting the following: “(vi) safety, including food handling, hazard analysis and critical control point plan implementation, emergency readiness, responding to a food recall, and food biosecurity training;”; and (2) by redesignating clauses (viii) through (x) as clauses (vii) through (ix), respectively. (c) Authorization of Appropriations.—118 STAT. 763(1) Training activities and technical assistance.—Section 21(e)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(e)(1)) is amended by striking “2003” and inserting “2009”. (2) Food service management institute.—Section 21(e)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b–1(e)(2)(A) is amended in the first sentence—(A) by striking “provide to the Secretary” and all that follows through “1998, and” and inserting “provide to the Secretary”; and(B) by striking “1999 and” and inserting “2004 and $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2005”.