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School Meal Payments
The district is committed
to ensuring that all students receive the nutrition they need to engage in
active learning during the school day. In accordance with applicable federal
guidance from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), this policy
is intended to serve the purposes of meeting student needs, while maintaining
the fiscal integrity of the district's school food service account.
Student meal accounts and meal
charges
Student meal accounts
shall be established by the district.
Parents will be
encouraged to pre-pay for students paying full or reduced price for meals. The
district shall ensure that parents have access to at least one no-cost method
of paying for meal services, such as the ability to pay in person.
Students will be
permitted to pay for meals and/or add funds to student accounts on the day of
service.
If a student has money to
purchase a full or reduced price meal at the time of the meal service, the
student must be provided a meal. The student's money may not be used to repay
previously unpaid charges if the student intended to use the money to purchase
that day's meal.
A meal account
balance remains with the student until the student is no longer enrolled in the
district. Students with unused credit in their accounts at the point of
disenrollment or graduation will receive a refund, or it may be transferred to
a siblings account.
Students paying full or
reduced price for meals who do not have money in their account or in hand to
cover the cost of a meal at the time of service will be permitted to charge a
meal. However, these students will be denied permission to charge á la carte or
"extra" items, such as a second milk, additional meal, additional
entrée or any other a la carte items.
Students may charge up to $15.00 worth of meals. After
this, the student will no longer be permitted to charge meals. Students at the
maximum amount will need to provide their own lunches.
Parents will be
notified that any school meal debt accrued prior to the district's
determination that the student is eligible for free or reduced lunch remains
the parent's responsibility. In addition, charges that place the student in a
negative status are the parent's responsibility.
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Notification of low or negative
balances
Notification of a low
balance on a student account will be provided by emails, phone calls, or a
letter being sent home.
Payment needs to be sent
upon receipt of a balance due notice.
Annual notice
The district shall
notify students and their parents about this policy at the beginning of each
school year. Notification shall also be provided to those students who transfer
into the district during the school year. This policy is included on the
district and school websites, under the parent tab and the Food Services tab.
This policy will also be
communicated to school and district-level staff responsible for this policy's
enforcement, such as school food service staff responsible for collecting
payment for meals at the point of service, staff involved in notifying families
of low or negative balances, and staff involved in enforcing any other aspects
of this policy.
Adopted: June 12, 2017
LEGAL REF. USDA Guidance SP 46-2016
PLATTE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT WELD RE-7, KERSEY,
COLORADO