Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3367 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3367

 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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2025

Mr. Pocan (for himself and Ms. Stefanik) introduced the following bill;
     which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 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.''.
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