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District explores Community Eligibility Program but finance model would reduce reimbursements, staff warn
Summary
Nutrition staff explained the federal Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), described how the district's direct-certification rate and the USDA multiplier (1.6) determine reimbursements, and said the district could qualify but would face a substantial monthly shortfall (estimated near $190,000 a month under current formulas).
District nutrition staff briefed the board on the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) and the financial trade-offs the program would create under current federal and state calculations.
Stacy (nutrition services) explained CEP eligibility: buildings or a district qualify if at least 25 percent of students are direct certified (not based on free-and-reduced applications). That percentage is multiplied by 1.6 to produce the claimable free-meal percentage used for state…
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