S 1736 · in committee · significant
Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2025
- education
- labor
What this bill does
- The bill requires the USDA to provide free training for school food service workers during paid work hours.
- School cafeteria workers and food service staff are affected by these new training requirements.
- Training must be in-person when appropriate and include hands-on learning; workers get paid if training occurs outside regular hours.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
What types of food service training does your school currently offer, and how would mandatory USDA-provided training change what workers learn?
- 02
How might schools balance the costs of paid training time and substitute coverage against potential benefits like improved food safety or nutrition outcomes?
- 03
Should training requirements be the same for all school districts regardless of size, budget, or existing worker experience levels?
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Sponsor · D-WA
Patty Murray
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
2/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-05-13
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Legislative timeline
2025-05-13 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2025-05-13 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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