Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act
Latest action · Jul 25, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 25, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act
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 primarily during regular, paid working hours; offered in-person whenever appropriate; and incorporate hands-on training techniques.
If the training is scheduled outside of working hours, food service personnel must be informed about the necessity of scheduling the program and compensated for attending the program. Personnel may not be penalized for failing to attend a program outside of working hours.
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2023 to Mar 20, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Jul 25, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Aug 8, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Sep 12, 2023 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 13, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Sep 13, 2023 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Sep 19, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Sep 20, 2023 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Sep 21, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Sep 27, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Sep 27, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Sep 27, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Sep 27, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Sep 29, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Oct 11, 2023 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Oct 17, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Oct 18, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Oct 26, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Nov 7, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Nov 7, 2023 | |
| R-OR | Lori Chavez-DeRemer | Dec 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Dec 14, 2023 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Jan 18, 2024 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Jan 18, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Marcus J. Molinaro | Jan 18, 2024 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Mar 20, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Mar 20, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 25, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2023Introduced in House
- Jul 25, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 128, July 25, 2023, page H3950.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2460 | Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2023 | Related bill | Jul 25, 2023 |
| HR 2897 | Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act | Reintroduction of | Apr 28, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
