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Residents urge Bethlehem Area SD to adopt Community Eligibility Provision to expand free school meals
Summary
Multiple residents and coalition members asked the board to pursue the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) to provide universal free meals, citing district meal debt and schools that are already fully eligible; district leaders said the option is reviewed annually and finances determine feasibility.
Several residents and coalition representatives used the board’s courtesy period on April 28 to urge the Bethlehem Area School District to adopt the Community Eligibility Provision, a federal program that allows eligible schools to offer free meals to all students.
Dominic Trabasi, introducing himself as a resident, said CEP would reduce administrative paperwork and help address reported meal debt in the district. “This is a universal meal program offering free meals to all students. It is funded by the state and the federal government,” Trabasi said, adding that the district currently has about $264,000 in reported meal debt and that “over a quarter of the district qualifies for universal free lunches…
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