S1736Referred to Committee

Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2025

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Introduced
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Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
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2025-05-13
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Patty Murray
Patty Murray
Democrat · WA · Senator
Votes with party: 69.3% (296 recorded votes)

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

2025-05-13

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Plain-English Summary

This bill would require the federal government to develop and fund training programs for school cafeteria workers to improve their skills in food preparation, nutrition, and food safety. The training would help school food service employees do their jobs better and potentially improve the quality and healthfulness of meals served to students across the country.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1736 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1736 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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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