EFC - Free and Reduced-Price Food Services

The district is a part of the National School Lunch Program which is a federally funded assisted meal program that provides nutritious, free or low cost lunches and breakfasts to students. The district is required to follow meal patterns and nutrition standards set by USDA Food and Nutrition Service under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 School Meals.

The administration shall establish requirements regarding participation in programs for free and reduced price meals and supplementary food in accordance with applicable state and federal law.

Adopted: May 1989
Revised:  August 1999
Revised and recoded: March 26, 2010
Revised: May 26, 2020
Revised: August 22, 2023

LEGAL REFS.:  42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq. (National School Lunch Act)

7 C.F.R. 245.5 (must inform families of the availability of reimbursable school meals and provide information about applying for free or reduced price meals)

C.R.S. 22-32-120

C.R.S. 22-82.7-101 et seq. (Start Smart Nutrition Program provides funding to eliminate amount students who qualify for reduced price meals pay in school breakfast program)

C.R.S. 22-82.9-101et seq. (Child Nutrition School Lunch Protection Program provides funding to eliminate amount students in preschool through twelfth grade pay for school lunch program, if they qualify for reduced price meals)

C.R.S. 22-82.9-201 et seq. (Healthy School Meals for All Program provides funding to offer free meals for all students, in addition to additional funding in the form of grants)

1 CCR 301-114 (State Board rules for Healthy School Meals for All Program)

CROSS REF.: EF, School Nutrition Program