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Nutrition director outlines Community Eligibility options; district to group schools to maximize reimbursements
Summary
The district reviewed the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) and recommended grouping schools to maximize federal reimbursements rather than enrolling schools individually; changes take effect based on April 1 identified student data and must be reported to DPI by June 30.
Cabarrus County Schools’ nutrition director presented the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) options to the Board of Education on May 5 and recommended grouping schools as a single unit to maximize federal reimbursements for free breakfast and lunch.
Stephanie Allman explained CEP is an optional U.S. Department of Agriculture provision that uses directly certified and categorically eligible student counts (the identified student percentage, ISP) as of April 1 of the prior year. Districts or schools with an ISP of at least 40% may participate; under CEP the ISP multiplied by a…
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