September 8, 2014
(X) Action Required
(X) Informational
BULLETIN NO. 036-14 CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES
TO:
Educational Service District Superintendents
School District Superintendents
School District Assistant Superintendents for Business and/or Business
Managers
School Food Service Supervisors
Administrators of Private Schools
Administrators of Residential Child Care Institutions
Child and Adult Care Food Program Institutions
FROM:
Randy I. Dorn, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
RE:
Child Nutrition Programs Federal and State Reimbursement Rates and
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Commodity Assistance
Program Rate for Period July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015
CONTACTS:
National School Lunch/School Breakfast Program:
Colleen McGuire, (360) 725-6211, colleen.mcguire@k12.wa.us
Child and Adult Care Food Program:
Glenn Potter, (360) 725-6214, glenn.potter@k12.wa.us
Food Distribution Program Supervisor:
Lonnie Whitaker, (360) 725-6209, lonnie.whitaker@k12.wa.us
Fiscal Supervisor:
Jeff Booth, (360) 725-6217, jeff.booth@k12.wa.us
Agency TTY: (360) 664-3631
This bulletin provides information for the reimbursement rates for meals served in the
Child Nutrition Programs for July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
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School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Programs (NSLP)
Breakfast
Severe Need Breakfast
Lunch
Lunch (economically needy)
Snack
Free
$1.62
$1.93
$2.98
$3.00
$0.82
Reduced-Price
$1.32
$1.63
$2.58
$2.60
$0.41
Paid
$0.28
$0.28
$0.28
$0.30
$0.07
Breakfast Rate for Severe Need
There are two different payment levels for breakfasts served under the SBP. Additional
reimbursement is provided to schools with a high participation of free and reduced price
meals. Eligibility is determined at the school/site level, not the LEA level. To qualify for
severe need breakfast rates, the Local Education Agency (LEA) must:
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Have served 40 percent or more total free and reduced-price lunches to students
in the second preceding year.
Have schools apply for severe need breakfast rates when completing the online
renewal application each year.
Once the site application has been approved for severe need breakfast, LEAs will
automatically receive the higher rate of reimbursement for each eligible site.
Lunch Rate for Economically Needy
There are two different payment levels for lunches served under the NSLP. The lower
payment level applies to lunches served by LEAs in which less than 60 percent of the
total lunches served to students during the second preceding school year were served
to free or reduced-price eligible students.
The higher payment level applies to lunches served by LEAs in which 60 percent or
more of the total lunches served during the second preceding school year were served
to free or reduced-price eligible students.
The two-cent increase is automatically added when the claim for reimbursement is
processed by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s (OSPI) online claim
system.
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Performance-Based Reimbursement
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) requires an additional 6 cents per
lunch reimbursement be provided to LEAs certified by OSPI Child Nutrition Services to
be in compliance with new meal pattern requirements. The additional reimbursement
was made available starting October 1, 2012.
Maximum Price for Reduced-Price Meals
The maximum prices for reduced-price meals are:
Breakfast (non-public schools only) ........................................ $0.30
Lunch (public schools Grades Pre-K and 4–12) ..................... $0.40
Snack ..................................................................................... $0.15
State Reimbursement Rates for Public Schools
Students eligible for reduced-price breakfast in Washington State do not have to pay for
their breakfast, no matter the grade level. In addition, students eligible for reduced-price
lunch, kindergarten through third grade (K–3), do not have to pay for their lunch.
Students eligible for reduced-price lunch in preschool and in Grades 4–12 can be
charged the reduced-price rate set by the district, up to the $0.40 maximum charge
allowed by federal regulation.
OSPI will continue to reimburse public schools for the $0.30 and $0.40 co-pay
respectively for reduced-price breakfasts and for K–3 reduced-price lunches served to
eligible students.
NOTE: Though students do not pay a co-payment for reduced-price breakfast and, in
the case of Grades K–3, do not pay a co-payment for lunch, all reduced-price
breakfasts and lunches must continue to be reported and claimed in the reduced-price
category. Public school districts are reimbursed these co-payments with state funds
through OSPI. This funding will continue for the 2014–15 school year.
For questions related to claims, please contact Colleen McGuire, Fiscal Analyst, at
(360) 725-6211 or by email at colleen.mcguire@k12.wa.us. For additional information
regarding claim instructions, refer to the Child Nutrition Services web site at
http://www.k12.wa.us/ChildNutrition/programs/default.aspx.
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Special Milk Program
LEAs that do not participate in either the federally subsidized National School Lunch
Program or School Breakfast Program, or both, are eligible to participate in the Special
Milk Program. In addition, Federal regulation 7 CFR Part 215 governing the Special
Milk Program allows schools to participate in the Special Milk Program if students are
attending split-session kindergarten and do not have access to any school meals under
the NSLP/SBP or Child and Adult Care Food Program.
Free milk served to eligible children will continue to be reimbursed at the average cost
per half-pint of milk. This will vary by LEA.
Paid milk served to non-needy children will be reimbursed at $0.2300 per half-pint.
Food Distribution Program
The USDA Foods assistance rate for the 2014–15 school year is $0.2475 for each
reimbursable student lunch served.
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
Child and Adult Care Food Program sponsors will receive $0.2475 as cash-in-lieu of
USDA Foods for each lunch/supper served.
The reimbursement rates for meals served in CACFP centers are:
Breakfast
Lunch/Supper
Supplements
Free
$1.62
$2.98
$0.82
Reduced-Price
$1.32
$2.58
$0.41
Paid (Above-Scale)
$0.28
$0.28
$0.07
The reimbursement rates for meals served in family day care homes are:
For Providers:
Breakfast
Lunch/Supper
Snack
Tier I
$1.31
$2.47
$0.73
Tier II
$0.48
$1.49
$0.20
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For Administration:
Initial 50 day care homes
Next 150 day care homes
Next 800 day care homes
Additional day care homes
$111.00
$ 85.00
$ 66.00
$ 58.00
This bulletin is also available at www.k12.wa.us/bulletinsmemos on the agency web
site.
EXECUTIVE SERVICES
Ken Kanikeberg
Chief of Staff
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
JoLynn Berge
Chief Financial Officer
CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES
Donna Parsons, MS, RD, SNS
Director
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employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin,
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