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Child nutrition: new meal rules, HB100 grant and software migration could affect school food budgets
Summary
USBE’s Child Nutrition team outlined federal meal pattern changes, a one‑time state grant tied to House Bill 100 for reduced‑price lunches, and a move from CNPweb to a new statewide Edge system that will change claims and reporting workflows.
Kim Loveland, director of child nutrition programs at USBE, told attendees that new federal meal patterns for school year 2026 include reduced sugar limits in cereal, yogurt and milk and upcoming sodium reductions; she said menus, food choices and contracts should be reviewed because those changes affect food and labor costs.
Kim reviewed federal and state reimbursement rates for breakfast and lunch and said USDA Foods…
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