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 milk.

Current practice codified 1992
Adopted: date of manual adoption
Revised June 12, 2017
Revised June 26, 2023

LEGAL REF.:  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. 22-5-120 (School food authority-food service facility)

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 in preschool through twelfth grade pay for school lunch program, if they qualify for reduces price meals)

C.R.S. 22-82.9-101 et seq. (Child Nutrition School Lunch Protection Program provides funding to eliminate the amount of students in preschool through twelfth grade who 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 Programs 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 Programs rules)

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

EFEA, Nutritious Food Choices