14 1 develop the most effective technique's and procedures for 2 effectuating the provisions of this Act and for the purpose 3 of developing appropriate estimates of participation and 4 costs. 5 6 ACCOUNTS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS SEC. 20. (a) States, State educational agencies, schools, 7 and service institutions participating in programs under this 8 Act shall keep such accounts and records as may be neces 9 sary to enable the Secretary to determine whether there 10 has been compliance under this Act and the regulations thereunder. Such accounts and records shall at all times be available for inspection and audit by representatives of the Secretary and shall be preserved for such period of time, not in excess of three years, as the Secretary determines to be necessary. (b) State educational agencies shall provide periodic reports on expenditures of Federal funds, program participation, program costs, and so forth, in such form as the Secretary may prescribe. EVALUATION SEC. 21. The Secretary shall provide for the careful and systematic evaluation of the programs conducted under this Act, directly or by contracting for independent evalu ations, with a view to measuring specific benefits, as far as practicable, and providing information needed to assess the 5 SEC. 22. (a) There is hereby established a council to 6 be known as the National Advisory Council on Child Nutri7 tion Programs (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 8 "Council"). The membership of the Council shall be ap9 pointed by the Secretary and shall include: (1) a State 10 school food and nutrition service director, or the equivalent 11 thereof, for each of the geographic regions through which 12 programs authorized under this Act are administered by the 13 Department of Agriculture; (2) at least two directors of 14 school food service operating multiple unit programs, one 15 from a rural area and one from a major urban area; (3) 16 qualified consultants (as required from time to time) in the 17 fields of nutrition, nutrition education, school business ad18 ministration, and school food service management, and (4) 19 four officers or employees of the Department of Agriculture 20 specially qualified to serve on the Council because of their 21 education, training, experience, and knowledge in matters 22 relating to child food programs. 23 (b) The Secretary shall designate one of the members 24 to serve as Chairman and one to serve as Vice Chairman. 16 1 2 (c) Nine members shall constitute a quorum, and a vacancy on the Council shall not affect its powers. 3 4 (d) It shall be the function of the Council to make a continuing study of operations of programs carried out under 5 this Act with a view to determining how such programs can be improved. (e) Members of and consultants to the Council shall serve without compensation but shall receive reimbursement for necessary travel and subsistence expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties of the Council. NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL SEC. 23. (a) There is hereby established a council to be known as the National Advisory Council on Child Nutri tion (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Coun cil") which shall be composed of thirteen members ap pointed by the Secretary. One member shall be a school administrator, one member shall be a person engaged in child welfare work, one member shall be a person engaged in vocational education work, one member shall be a nutrition expert, one member shall be a school food service man agement expert, one member shall be a State superintendent of schools (or the equivalent thereof), one member shall be a State school food service director (or the equivalent there of), one member shall be a person serving on a school board, one member shall be a classroom teacher, and four 17 1 members shall be officers or employees of the Department 2 of Agriculture specially qualified to serve on the Council 3 because of their education, training, experience, and knowl4 edge in matters relating to child food programs. 5 (b) The nine members of the Council appointed from 6 outside the Department of Agriculture shall be appointed for 7 terms of three years, except that such members first ap8 pointed to the Council shall be appointed as follows: Three 9 members shall be appointed for terms of three years, three 10 members shall be appointed for terms of two years, and 11 three members shall be appointed for terms of one year; 12 thereafter all appointments shall be for a term of three years, 13 except that a person appointed to fill an unexpired term shall 14 serve only for the remainder of such term. Members appointed from the Department of Agriculture shall serve at 16 the pleasure of the Secretary. 15 17 18 (c) The Secretary shall designate one of the members to serve as Chairman, and one to serve as Vice Chairman of 19 the Council. 20 (d) The Council shall meet at the call of the Chairman 21 but shall meet at least once a year. 228 22 23 24 (e) Seven members shall constitute a quorum and a vacancy on the Council shall not affect its powers. (f) It shall be the function of the Council to make a 25 continuing study of the operation of programs carried out 18 under this Act with a view to determining how such pro2 grams may be improved. The Council shall submit to the 3 President and Congress annually a written report of the 4 results of its study together with such recommendations for 5 administrative and legislative changes as it deems appro6 priate. 7 (g) The Secretary shall provide the Council with such 8 technical and other assistance, including secretarial and cleri9 cal assistance, as may be required to carry out its functions 10 under this Act. 11 (h) Members of the Council shall serve without com12 pensation but shall receive reimbursement for necessary 13 travel and subsistence expenses incurred by them in the per14 formance of the duties of the Council. 15 16 DEFINITIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT SEC. 24. (a) "State" means any of the fifty States, the 17 District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territories of the United States. (b) "State educational agency", means the State legislature may determine, means (A) the chief State school officer, or (B) board of education controlling the State Department of Education. (c) "Nonprofit private school" means any private school |