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Board approves free school meals for most LRSD students under Community Eligibility Provision
Summary
The board authorized the district to apply for and implement CEP, which will provide free breakfast and lunch to students at all but three schools and is expected to reduce meal debt and increase participation.
The Little Rock School District Board of Education voted June 26 to proceed with the application and implementation steps required by the Arkansas Department of Education and USDA to adopt the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) in its school nutrition program.
District child-nutrition staff told the board CEP would make breakfast and lunch free to students at almost all LRSD campuses; Forest Park, Jefferson and Roberts were identified as…
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