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KUSD staff propose scaling back districtwide free-meal coverage as food-service reserves near exhaustion
Summary
Food-service officials told the committee that districtwide Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) coverage has been sustained by Fund 50 reserves but that those reserves are projected to be depleted; staff proposed reverting lower-ISP schools to traditional free/reduced status to reduce Fund 50 pressure by about $250,000 per month.
Food-service staff told the Kenosha Unified School District joint committee that keeping every school on districtwide Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is no longer financially sustainable. The district’s food-service fund (Fund 50) has been supplementing USDA reimbursements, and presenters said reserves are projected to be spent down by the end of the fiscal year.
Food-service presenters explained CEP is a USDA reimbursement option that uses data from other assistance programs (SNAP/FoodShare, Wisconsin Works, Head Start,…
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