Summary
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection for state administrative expense funds expended in the operation of the child nutrition programs administered under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
Request for Comments
Written comments must be received on or before Nov. 10, 2025.
Comments may be sent to Penny Burke, Chief, Operational Support Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314. Comments may also be submitted via email to Penny.Burke@usda.gov. Comments will also be accepted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to Regulations.gov, and follow the online instructions for submitting comments electronically. All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval and will become a matter of public record.
Abstract
Section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (PL 89-642), 42 USC 1776, authorizes the Department to provide federal funds to state agencies (SAs) for administering the Child Nutrition Programs (7 CFR parts 210, 215, 220, 226 and 250). State Administrative Expense (SAE) Funds, 7 CFR part 235, sets forth procedures and recordkeeping requirements for use by SAs in reporting and maintaining records of their need and use of SAE funds. A summary of the reporting and recordkeeping burden associated with this revision is presented in the table below.
The FNS-525 State Administrative Expense Funds Reallocation Report is used by the state agencies to report information related to the SAE funds. 7 CFR 235.5(d) states that “Annually, between March 1 and May 1 on a date specified by FNS, of each year, each state agency shall submit to FNS a State Administrative Expense Funds Reallocation Report (FNS-525) on the use of SAE funds.” This report will be used to reallocate SAE funds.
The FNS-777 Financial Status Report was formerly associated with this collection. However, due to revisions made to FNS-525 for the 2022 renewal, completion of FNS-525 now provides all of the required information and it is no longer necessary to obtain information from the FNS-777. Therefore, the recordkeeping requirement and burden associated with FNS-777 is being removed from the collection. FNS-777 and its associated burden is approved under OMB Control Number 0584-0594 Food Programs Reporting System (FPRS) (expiration date Sept. 30, 2026) and is therefore not included in this collection. Removing this recordkeeping requirement will reduce 216 responses and 54 burden hours from the recordkeeping burden, due to a program change, resulting in a new overall burden of 3,075 responses and 6,252 hours for this collection.