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Originally Posted by stevie_2
If I am not mistaken, the reason this elementary school doesn't have a lunch program is because the average household income disqualifies them (it is too high) from government funded assistance. I am going to do some research to back up my statement, but I believe this was what I was told when I enrolled my kids.
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I don't know for sure but I suspect that they were BS ing you. The income requirement is for the individual kids, not the school. Any school is eligible to participate.
Maybe the authorities just didn't want to be bothered.
I am not absolutely sure about this -- if you learn something different, let me know.
But for now:
"1. What is the National School Lunch Program?
The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in over 101,000
public and non-profit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally
balanced, low-cost or free lunches to more than 30.5 million children each school day in 2007. In
1998, Congress expanded the National School Lunch Program to include reimbursement for snacks
served to children in after school educational and enrichment programs to include children through
18 years of age.
The Food and Nutrition Service administers the program at the Federal level. At the State level, the
National School Lunch Program is usually administered by State education agencies, which operate
the program through agreements with school food authorities.
2. How does the National School Lunch Program work?
Generally, public or nonprofit private schools of high school grade or under and public or nonprofit
private residential child care institutions may participate in the school lunch program. School
districts and independent schools that choose to take part in the lunch program get cash subsidies
and donated commodities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for each meal they
serve. In return, they must serve lunches that meet Federal requirements, and they must offer free or
reduced price lunches to eligible children. School food authorities can also be reimbursed for snacks
served to children through age 18 in after school educational or enrichment programs."
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/lunch/Ab...PFactsheet.pdf