Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “School Nutrition Transparency for Healthy Kids Act of 2019”.
School Nutrition Transparency for Healthy Kids Act of 2019
A BILL
To ensure public disclosure of nutrition standards compliance by school food authorities, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Public disclosure of compliance
Section 22(c) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769c) is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking “and” at the end;
in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(3) beginning not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, and at least annually thereafter, publish on the website of the Department of Agriculture data on the compliance of school food authorities with respect to the nutritional requirements under section 9(f), including—
“(A) the number of school food authorities in compliance with such requirements, disaggregated by State;
“(B) the total number of school food authorities in each State; and
“(C) the percentage of school food authorities in compliance with such requirements, disaggregated by State.”