Child Nutrition Amendments of 1983

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Child Nutrition Amendments of 1983 - Amends the National School Lunch Act to base the amount of cash or commodity assistance given for meals on the actual number of meals served during the previous school year. Permits an adjustment of the amount of assistance if there is a substantial difference between the number of lunches served in the preceding school year and the number of lunches served in the second preceding school year. Delays the inflation adjustment for reimbursement rates and commodities from July 1, 1983, to January 1, 1984 and each January 1 thereafter. Bases the adjustment on the period between the preceding May and the second preceding May of each year. Requires school food authorities to submit reimbursement claims to the State within 60 days after the claiming month. Requires States to submit claims to the Secretary of Agriculture within 90 days after the month for which reimbursement is claimed. Eliminates the two special assistance certification alternatives which base assistance on prior year free or reduced price lunch eligibility. Establishes a special-assistance factor for free lunches at 104 cents. Creates a special-assistance factor for reduced price lunc…