Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2025
This bill adds requirements regarding the availability of training that the Department of Agriculture provides under current law for local food service personnel in schools.
The training must be scheduled during regular, paid working hours; provided at no cost to food service personnel; offered in-person whenever appropriate; and incorporate experiential learning.
If the training is scheduled outside of working hours, food service personnel must be informed about the necessity of scheduling the program, consulted to schedule the program, and compensated for attending the program. Personnel may not be penalized for failing to attend a program outside of working hours.
[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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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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