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State education officials detail school nutrition reimbursements, summer meals and community eligibility rules
Summary
Department of Education staff reviewed federal reimbursement rates for school meals, clarified that summer EBT is operated by DHHS (not the Education Department), described the summer food service site rules, and outlined how the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) works and when local districts bear nonfederal costs.
Melissa White, Division Director for Learner Support at the New Hampshire Department of Education, and Kelly Rambo, Bureau Administrator for Wellness and Nutrition, briefed the Finance Division II committee on school nutrition programs, federal reimbursement rates and summer feeding options.
Rambo told the committee that ‘‘these programs are all federally funded through the USDA’’ while also noting some supplemental state funding appears in the department’s calculation of reimbursements. She walked members through packet pages that show federal reimbursement rates for the National School Lunch Program, breakfast, the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Summer Food Service Program.
Why it matters: school meal reimbursements link directly to district budgets and to eligibility for state funding tied to free and reduced‑price counts. Committee members pressed staff about how federal and state dollars interact and how summer feeding differs from school‑year programs.
The department clarified several program differences. The Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer…
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