Part 7: Buy American Provision for SNPs

Part 7 in the Procurement Guidance Course Series.

Course Description

This online training describes the Buy American Provision requirements, the two limited exceptions, implementation of the provision, and monitoring by the California Department of Education (CDE).

Course Number: 712
Training Length: 30 minutes
Certificate: Yes
Target Audience: School business officials and food service staff
Mandatory: No
Cost: Free
Date Recorded: December 2022

Online Course

Begin the Part 7: Buy American Provision for SNPs course.

Referenced Resources

The following resources are referred to throughout this online course:

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 7 web page
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Community Food Systems Procuring Local Food web page
California Department of Education (CDE) Child Nutrition Information and Payment System (CNIPS) web page
Electronic CFR, Title 2 web page
USDA Policy Memorandum SP 38-2017, Compliance with and Enforcement of the Buy American Provision in the National School Lunch Program web page
CDE Procurement in Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) web page
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Run a Custom Report web page
Institute of Child Nutrition Buy American: U.S. Agriculture Supporting Healthy School Meals web page
CDE Senate Bill 490 and Assembly Bill 778 web page

Crediting

Crediting: 0.5 hours
Key Area: Operations (2000)
- Training Topic: Purchasing (2400)
  - Learning Objective: Purchasing food, supplies, and equipment through vendors (2430)

Contact Us

If you have technical difficulties, please contact the Nutrition Services Division Procurement Resources Unit by email at NSDprocurementreview@cde.ca.gov.

Questions: Procurement Resources Unit | NSDprocurementreview@cde.ca.gov | 916-322-8323

Last Reviewed: Monday, August 07, 2023

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