Paid status meals are reimbursed at 0.26 per meal vs. free meals reimbursed at 2.76.
Not exact matches
This area gets even trickier because not every student on «
paid»
status actually does
pay — some school districts allow student with no free or reduced eligibility and no money to
pay for their lunch, to «charge» the cost of the
meal, and then try later to collect these unpaid charges from the family, often with mixed success.
It's important to know these numbers, because a school or district with a substantial number of students on «
paid»
status may be generating a significant portion of their revenue from the
paid price for
meals, especially if they are charging a
paid price around $ 4 or even higher.
Keep in mind that under Provision 2, the school provides
meals at no cost to all students, so it is key to financial success to have the number of students on
paid status not exceed about 10 % during the base year.
I was willfully ignorant of the changes and proud of my luddite
status, up until two friends two years ago smacked me with a salted - in - the - shell peanut over a
meal one night and got me
paying attention.