119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · May 13, 2025
Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2025
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Latest action (May 13, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Agriculture and Food
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (May 13, 2025)
Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2025
This bill adds requirements regarding the availability of training that the Department of Agriculture provides under current law for local food service personnel in schools.
The training must be scheduled during regular, paid working hours; provided at no cost to food service personnel; offered in-person whenever appropriate; and incorporate experiential learning.
If the training is scheduled outside of working hours, food service personnel must be informed about the necessity of scheduling the program, consulted to schedule the program, and compensated for attending the program. Personnel may not be penalized for failing to attend a program outside of working hours.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Introduced in Senate
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NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 25, 2026 · issue area: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$670,000
Spent on own lobbying
…-National Education Association Charter Repeal Act S. 2451 - Pay Paraprofessional and Support Staff Act H.R. 7032 - Pay Paraprofessional and Support Staff Act S. 1736 - Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2025 S 3869/HR 7531, Healthy Families Act
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NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$670,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ociation Charter Repeal Act H.R. 4658 - STUDENT Act S. 2451 - Pay Paraprofessional and Support Staff Act H.R. 7032 - Pay Paraprofessional and Support Staff Act S. 1736 - Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2025
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 21, 2025 · issue area: Education
$600,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tion Support Staff Act S. 2738 - ESP, Paraprofessionals and Education Support Staff Family Leave Act S. 2330 - Preparing And Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act S. 1736 - Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2025 SCHOOL MEALS ACT Universal School Meals Bill
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NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 21, 2025 · issue area: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$600,000
Spent on own lobbying
…tion Support Staff Act S. 2738 - ESP, Paraprofessionals and Education Support Staff Family Leave Act S. 2330 - Preparing And Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act S. 1736 - Improving Training for School Food Service Workers Act of 2025 S. Res. 158 - Paraprofessional & Education Support Staff Bill of Rights Universal School meals
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