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New Albany-Plain Local to hold federal nutrition audit; district to keep meal prices flat for 2025-26
Summary
Superintendent Michael Sawyers told the board the district will undergo a federal and state audit of its school nutrition program beginning in August and recommended keeping meal prices unchanged for 2025-26. He reviewed meal counts, federal meal-component rules, sourcing and self‑sustaining finances.
Superintendent Michael Sawyers told the New Albany-Plain Local Board of Education on June 30 that the district will undergo a formal review by the Ohio Department of Education and federal auditors beginning in August and recommended holding child nutrition prices steady for the 2025-26 school year.
The audit, Sawyers said, will examine compliance across meal quantity, quality and nutritional requirements for reimbursable meals. “So beginning in August, we will go through the formalized review process with the Ohio Department of Education and workforce,” Sawyers said. He added that the federal rules require public reporting of year-end data the district will present to the board.
Board members were given the core details of program operations and recent results. For 2024-25 the…
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