USDA released the reimbursement rates for the National School Lunch, School Breakfast and After School Snack Programs effective from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010. Lunch
Paid - $0.25 Reduced - $2.28 Free - $2.68 Districts serving at least 60 percent free and reduced-price lunches in school year 2007-08 will receive a 2-cent supplemental lunch reimbursement. This additional reimbursement will be applied and paid automatically to eligible districts through the Child Nutrition Programs Information Management System (CNPIMS).
Snack
Paid - $0.06 Reduced - $0.37 Free - $0.74 Breakfast
Paid - $0.26 Reduced - $1.16 Free - $1.46 Breakfast - Severe Need*
Reduced - $0.28 Free - $0.28 Special Milk Program
Pricing Programs Without Free Option - All Milk $0.16 Pricing Programs With Free Option - Paid Milk $0.16 Nonpricing Programs - All Milk $0.16 *Districts may qualify and apply for Severe Need Breakfast reimbursement in addition to the regular breakfast reimbursement. Within a district, some campuses may be eligible for severe need funding and others may not. For a campus to be eligible, at least 40 percent of its total lunches served in school year 2007-08 must have been free or reduced. The district must also complete a Severe Need Breakfast reimbursement application. There are instances where a new school may qualify for Severe Need Breakfast reimbursement. For additional information, e-mail the Food and Nutrition Division at squaremeals@texasagriculture.gov or call toll-free at (888) TEX-KIDS.
SY 2010 Commodity Meal Rate - The national average rate for the period July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, is 19.5 cents for NSLP schools.
SY 2009-2010 TPSNP Amendments will be effective August 1, 2009. Highlights of the Amendments include:
- Nutrition Standards: Schools must eliminate deep-fat frying as a method of on-site preparation for foods served as part of reimbursable school meals, a la carte, snack lines and competitive foods. Transition period for extensive equipment or facility changes ends.
- Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value (FMNV): High Schools my not serve or provide access for students to FMNV and all other forms of candy at any time anywhere on school premises until the end of the last scheduled class.
Complete details and information pertaining to the SY 2009-10 Amendments are available here: Texas Public School Nutrition Policy - SY 2009 - 10 Amendment - Effective August 1, 2009
Districts are now allowed to have boy-girl-boy-girl seating arrangements at the same table. This is not segregation but rather integration. Seating arrangements such as a table of boys and a separate table of girls is regarded as segregation and is still not allowed.
The Administrator's Reference Manual (ARM) has been updated to reflect this revised interpretation. If you are currently using the Civil Rights Brochures, please make sure you correct the answer on the boy/girl question.
The Civil Rights video has also been updated.
