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Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2025
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to clarify the availability and appropriateness of training for local food service personnel, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish standards for training programs provided to school food service workers. Training programs must be scheduled during regular paid working hours, offered in-person when appropriate, incorporate experiential learning, and be provided at no cost to workers. If training must be scheduled outside regular working hours, workers must be informed of the necessity, consulted on scheduling, and compensated at their regular rate of pay including applicable overtime. Workers cannot be penalized or discriminated against for being unable to attend training scheduled outside working hours. The bill does not supersede or modify any existing federal, state, or local employment laws.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
2 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- May 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. · senate
- May 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 13, 2025
Mrs. Murray introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to clarify the availability and appropriateness of training for local food service personnel, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF ALL LOCAL FOOD SERVICE PERSONNEL.
Section 7(g)(2)(B) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1776(g)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(iv) Availability and appropriateness of training.—
“(I) In general.—A training program carried out under this subparagraph shall— “(aa) be scheduled during regular, paid working hours; “(bb) be offered in- person, if appropriate;
“(cc) incorporate experiential learning; and
“(dd) be provided at no cost to food service personnel.
“(II) Program outside working hours.—In the event that a training program carried out under this subparagraph is scheduled outside of regular, paid working hours— “(aa) efforts shall be made to inform food service personnel of the necessity of the program to be scheduled outside of regular, paid working hours; “(bb) food service personnel shall be consulted to schedule the program at a time that is minimally disruptive to the personnel participating in the training program;
“(cc) compensation shall be provided to food service personnel attending the program at the regular rate of pay, including any applicable overtime rate; and
“(dd) food service personnel shall not be penalized or in any other manner discriminated against for not being able to attend the program.
“(v) Relationship to other laws.—Nothing in this subparagraph supersedes or otherwise modifies any Federal, State, or local law or legal obligation governing the relationship between an employee and employer.”. <all>
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