(a) State revenue matching requirements; special provisions for
lower than average income per capita States
(1) Funds appropriated to carry out section 1753 of this title
during any fiscal year shall be available for payment to the States
for disbursement by State educational agencies in accordance with
such agreements, not inconsistent with the provisions of this
chapter, as may be entered into by the Secretary and such State
educational agencies for the purpose of assisting schools within
the States in obtaining agricultural commodities and other foods
for consumption by children in furtherance of the school lunch
program authorized under this chapter. For any school year, such
payments shall be made to a State only if, during such school year,
the amount of the State revenues (excluding State revenues derived
from the operation of the program) appropriated or used
specifically for program purposes (other than any State revenues
expended for salaries and administrative expenses of the program at
the State level) is not less than 30 percent of the funds made
available to such State under section 1753 of this title for the
school year beginning July 1, 1980.
(2) If, for any school year, the per capita income of a State is
less than the average per capita income of all the States, the
amount required to be expended by a State under paragraph (1) for
such year shall be an amount bearing the same ratio to the amount
equal to 30 percent of the funds made available to such State under
section 1753 of this title for the school year beginning July 1,
1980, as the per capita income of such State bears to the average
per capita income of all the States.
(b) Disbursements; private schools
The State revenues provided by any State to meet the requirement
of subsection (a) of this section shall, to the extent the State
deems practicable, be disbursed to schools participating in the
school lunch program under this chapter. No State in which the
State educational agency is prohibited by law from disbursing State
appropriated funds to private schools shall be required to match
Federal funds made available for meals served in such schools, or
to disburse, to such schools, any of the State revenues required to
meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Certification of payments by Secretary
The Secretary shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury,
from time to time, the amounts to be paid to any State under this
section and shall specify when such payments are to be made. The
Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the State, at the time or
times fixed by the Secretary, the amounts so certified.
(d) Combined Federal and State commodity purchases
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may
enter into an agreement with a State agency, acting on the request
of a school food service authority, under which funds payable to
the State under section 1753 or 1759a of this title may be used by
the Secretary for the purpose of purchasing commodities for use by
the school food service authority in meals served under the school
lunch program under this chapter.
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