Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act
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.
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Apr 2021
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Introduced Apr 28, 2021
Last action Apr 28, 2021
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Apr 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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Apr 28, 2021
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
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Party
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Mark Pocan
DDemocratic
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Adam Smith
DDemocratic
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Alan S. Lowenthal
DDemocratic
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Andy Levin
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Elise M. Stefanik
RRepublican
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Jared Huffman
DDemocratic
Co
John Katko
RRepublican
Co
Lois Frankel
DDemocratic
Co
Marie Newman
DDemocratic
Co
Mario Diaz-Balart
RRepublican
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