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Food services outlines CEP school-meal program, emphasis on EBF forms and modest a la carte price changes
Summary
District food-service staff described the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), the importance of Eligibility Based Forms (EBFs) for district funding, menu standards and a proposed 25¢ a la carte price increase to help sustain offerings; staff also highlighted a shift to recyclable trays driven by student advocacy.
Food-service leaders told the Waterford Board of Education that the district remains in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which provides free breakfast and lunch to all students at participating schools, and that parents should complete Eligibility Based Forms (EBFs) because the forms affect state and federal funding allocations beyond meal reimbursements.
Why it matters: Although CEP provides universal free meals at participating sites for the district's locked-in two-year period, EBFs are still required to capture districtwide demographic data that affect Title I and other state and federal allocations that support…
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