The District will operate a school nutrition program in each attendance center. The school nutrition program services will include meals through participation in the National School Lunch Program and supplementary foods for students during the school day. Students may participate in the school lunch program or may bring their lunches from home and purchase milk and other incidental items at the school.
School nutrition program facilities are provided to serve students and employees when school is in session and during school-related activities. They may also be used under the supervision of the Food Service Director or designee for food service to employee groups, parent-teacher meetings, civic organizations meeting for the purpose of better understanding the schools, and senior citizens in accordance with Board policy.
The school nutrition program is operated on a non-profit basis. The revenues of the school nutrition program will be used only for paying the regular operating costs or improvements of the school nutrition program. Supplies of the school nutrition program will only be used for the school nutrition program.
The Board will set, and annually review, the prices for school nutrition programs. It is the responsibility of the superintendent to make a recommendation regarding the prices of school nutrition programs, in accordance with federal and state law.
It is the responsibility of the Food Service Director to administer the program and to cooperate with the Superintendent and appropriate personnel for the proper functioning of the school food program.
The district shall comply with all federal and state laws and regulations required for procurement, including the selection and evaluation of contractors. The Superintendent or designee is responsible for developing an adminsitrative process to implement this policy, including, but not limited to, procedures related to suspension and debarment for transactions subject to those requirements and prohibitions on purchasing food products misbranded as meat or egg products, or cultivated-protein food products in accordance with applicable laws.
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Approved: 5/8/89 |
Reviewed: 11/11/02 |
Revised: 9/17/07; 6/10/13; 2/11/19; 10/13/25 |