File: EF - School Nutrition Program

The district will operate a school nutrition program which shall be under the overall supervision of the district's director of nutrition services.

The director of nutrition services shall cooperate with each school principal in matters essential to the proper functioning of each school's nutrition program. The responsibility for control of students using the school cafeteria shall rest with the building principal.

Nutrition services shall provide lunches and breakfasts, through participation in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.

The Board shall approve the prices set for meals and the price of beverages.

Portions adopted May 4, 1978 and June 13, 1978

Revised September 21, 1982 and October 4, 1982

Revised January 22, 1985 and April 23, 1985

Revised to conform with practice: Date of manual adoption, January 14, 1992

Revised March 10, 2015

Revised June 20, 2017

Revised August 21, 2023

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

7 C.F.R. Part 210 (National School Lunch Act regulations)

7 C.F.R. Part 220 (School Breakfast Program regulations)

7 C.F.R. Part 245.6 (application, eligibility, and certification of children for free and reduced price meals)

C.R.S. 22-32-120 (food services)

C.R.S. 22-32-134.5 (healthy beverage requirement)

C.R.S. 22-32-136.3 (trans fat ban)

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

C.R.S. 22-82.9-101 et 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 301-3 (State Board of Education - competitive food services rules)

1 CCR 301-79 (State Board of Education - healthy beverages rules)

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

CROSS REFS.: EFC, Free and Reduced-Price Food Services

EFEA*, Nutritious Food Choices