The School Breakfast Program is administered at the State, School Food Authority, and school site levels and the operations include the submission and approval of applications, execution of agreements, maintenance of records, and compliance with 7 CFR Part 220.
US Code:
42 USC 1773
Name of Law: Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966
US Code:
42 USC 1751 et seq
Name of Law: Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
This information collection is currently approved with 3,857,770 burden hours and 34,049,729 responses. For this revision, FNS used updated SBP participation data from fiscal year 2020. This data showed decreases in the number of school food authorities and schools/sites participating in the School Breakfast Program. The reduction in program participants reduced the burden hours and responses for this collection by 121,094 hours and 947,193 responses as a result of an adjustment. With this revision, FNS estimates that this collection will have 3,736,676 burden hours and 33,102,536 responses.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.