The Board of Education recognizes the importance of good nutrition to each student's educational performance.

The Board shall provide needy children with breakfast and lunch at reduced rate or at no charge to the student.

Children shall be eligible for free or reduced rate meals who would not otherwise receive proper nourishment. Such needy students shall be known by the criteria issued annually by the State.

The Board designates the school nurse and/or the cafeteria manager to determine in accordance with Board standards, the eligibility of students for free and reduced rate meals.

The schools shall annually notify all interested persons of the availability, eligibility requirements, and application procedure for free and reduced rate meals by distributing an application to the family of each student enrolled in the school and shall seek out and apply for such Federal, State, and local funds as may be applied to the District's program of free and reduced rate meals.

The Board shall provide a Federal food service program for students during summer intervention programs that are mandated under Federal law. If the Board determines that it is unable to provide a Federal food service program during the summer, for financial reasons, the Board will communicate that decision to its residents in a manner it determines to be appropriate.

R.C. 3313.81, 3313.812-3313.814
42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq
42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq

Revised 1/99
Revised 4/17/08