Retroactive reimbursement

Section 9(b)(9)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(9)(C)) is amended— (1) by striking Except and inserting the following: (i) In general Except; (2) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II); and (3) by adding at the end the following: (ii) Retroactivity A local educational agency shall revise a previously submitted meal claim to reflect the eligibility approval of a child for free meals for the period that begins on the first day of the current school year. (iii) Meal claim defined In this subsection, the term meal claim means any documentation provided by a school food authority to a State agency in order to receive reimbursement for the cost of a meal served to a child by such school food authority..