Table 1 to Paragraph ( f )-Summary of Required Annual Training 1 2
School Nutrition Program Directors | Each year, at least 12 hours of annual education/training. Includes topics such as: . Administrative practices (including training in application, certification, verification, meal counting, and meal claiming procedures). |
. Any specific topics required by FNS, as needed, to address Program integrity and other critical issues. | |
This required continuing education/training is in addition to the food safety training required in the first year of employment, or for all school nutrition program directors if determined by the State agency. | |
School Nutrition Program Managers | Each year, at least 10 hours of annual education/training. |
Includes topics such as: . Administrative practices (including training in application, certification, verification, meal counting, and meal claiming procedures). | |
. The identification of reimbursable meals at the point of service. . Nutrition, health, and safety standards. . Any specific topics required by FNS, as needed, to address Program integrity or other critical issues. | |
School Nutrition Program Staff | Each year, at least 6 hours of annual education/training. |
Includes topics such as: . Free and reduced price eligibility. . Application, certification, and verification procedures. . The identification of reimbursable meals at the point of service. | |
. Nutrition, health, and safety standards. . Any specific topics required by FNS, as needed, to address Program integrity or other critical issues. This requirement applies to staff, other than directors and managers, who work at least 20 hours per week. | |
Acting and Temporary Staff, Substitutes, and Volunteers | At the discretion of the State agency, acting and temporary staff, substitutes, and volunteers must complete training in one or more of the following topics within 30 calendar days of their start date: |
. Free and reduced price eligibility. . Application, certification, and verification procedures. . The identification of reimbursable meals at the point of service. . Nutrition, health, and safety standards. . Any specific topics required by FNS, as needed, to address Program integrity or other critical issues. | |
1 School nutrition program directors, managers, and staff may carry over excess annual training hours to an immediately previous or subsequent school year and demonstrate compliance with the training requirements over a period of two school years, provided that some training hours are completed each school year. | |
2 Program directors, managers, and staff hired on or after January 1 of each school year must complete half of their required annual training hours by June 30 of the school year in which they were hired. |
7 C.F.R. §210.30