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

The Board shall provide needy children with lunch at reduced rate or no charge to the student and in accordance with Federal guidelines.

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 and Federal government.

The Board designates the principal of each school 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.

The Superintendent shall prepare and implement the necessary arrangements and guidelines to ensure proper operation of this program. S/He shall ensure that the appropriate policy attachments for Free and Reduced-Price Meals or Free Milk are properly completed and submitted for approval to the School Food Service Division of the State Department of Education by the beginning of each school year.

R.C. 3313.81, 3313.881
7 C.F.R. 210.1 et seq.

Revised 9/93
Revised 5/12/08