7 CFR § 227.3 - Administration.

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title: "7 CFR § 227.3 - Administration."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "227.3"
section_name: "Administration."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS"
part_number: "227"
part_name: "NUTRITION EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 15, Pub. L. 95-166, 91 Stat. 1340 (42 U.S.C. 1788), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 28282, May 15, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "227"
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# 227.3 Administration.

(a) Within the Department, FNS shall act on behalf of the Department in the administration of the Program.

(b) Within the States, responsibility for administration of the Program shall be in the State agency, except that FNSRO shall administer the Program with respect to nonprofit private schools or institutions in any State where the State agency is prohibited by law from administering the Program in nonprofit private schools or institutions.