Sentences with phrase «federal free lunch program»

With 78 percent of our student population eligible for the federal free lunch program, and daily student attendance averaging only 79 percent, team members realized that we needed to take a holistic approach.

According to the Palm Beach Post, officials at Faith Christian Academy defrauded the McKay scholarship program and the federal free lunch program by reporting more students than were actually attending the school.

In these comparisons, we take into account changes in the characteristics of the student body including the percentage of students who are Hispanic, the percent African American, and the percent eligible for the federal free lunch program, as well as changes in the school's student - teacher ratio.

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The new contract spells the end of the district's short - lived foray into the National School Lunch Program, which provides federal reimbursements in exchange for offering healthy free or reduced - cost meals to low - income students.

When the U.S. Congress passed the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act in 2010, it meant an overhaul of school nutrition standards (the requirements for school lunch and breakfast programs funded by the federal government).

Responding to a Tribune article on fraud risks in the federal free - lunch program, Sen. Dick Durbin on Friday sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking what his department will do to «bolster eligibility verification measures» in the program.

In the last four years, 55 CPS employees have now been accused of defrauding the federal school lunch program by enrolling ineligible children for free or reduced - price lunches, a pattern of abuse that highlights problems at every level of the program, Sullivan said.

They also note that a state system for automatically enrolling federal aid recipients in the free lunch program, a process called direct certification, has not been perfected.

Though there is a nearly two - year - old state mandate that opens the free summer lunch program to all children in Illinois — whether or not they're in summer school — there has not been much improvement in participation, and officials say millions of federal dollars available for the meals are going untapped.

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Your children may be eligible for the free or reduced school lunch program if you meet the federal income eligibility guidelines.

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A federal proposal to tighten eligibility for free school lunches could force large numbers of low - income children out of a program that feeds more than 800,000 students in Illinois, local school officials say.

State law requires that all public schools offer a free meal to eligible students even if the schools do not participate in the federal lunch program, said Mark Haller, who supervises child nutrition programs at the Illinois State Board of Education.

The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 introduced big changes to school nutrition standards (which govern school lunch and breakfast programs that receive federal government funding).

For a good example of how the virtual can combine with the real to yield results, see Food and Water Watch «s campaign last year to get federal approval for schools to buy hormone - free milk through the National School Lunch Program.

And the data showing the increased number of children in low - income households pushed NYC schools over the threshold so that every student could receive free lunches under the federal program.

According to the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), about 47,000 more children would get free lunches if the program became universal, and 92 percent of the cost would be covered by the state and federal governments.

Eligible high schools are those in which 50 percent or more of the students are eligible to participate in the federal free and reduced - price lunch program.

Public high schools in the United States with more than 40 percent of students participating in the federal free or reduced price lunch program are eligible to apply.

Piedmont is an inner - city magnet program serving approximately 700 students, half of whom qualify for the federal free and reduced lunch program.

K12 students are modestly less likely to participate in the federal free or reduced - price lunch program (40 vs. 47 percent), roughly as likely to be classified as having a learning disability (9 vs. 12 percent), and much less likely to be English language learners (less than 1 vs. 14 percent).

[3] I also calculate the percentage of students in all grades who were eligible for the federal free or reduced - price lunch program, an indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage.

We examine the Florida Tax Credit (FTC) scholarship program, which provides private school tuition scholarships to children from low - income families (defined as those making less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level, which is the same eligibility requirement as for a free or reduced - price lunch).

In particular, we know each student's gender, ethnicity, whether they received free or reduced - price lunch through the federal lunch program, whether they were English language learners or received special education services, and their record of suspensions and absences from school.

Because the administrative files provide only a very coarse measure of family socioeconomic status — eligibility for the federal free or reduced - price lunch program — we constructed an additional proxy for family income by matching each student's residential address to U.S. Census data on the median household income in the student's neighborhood.

In this district, families that are not eligible for the federal lunch program are about twice as likely to make a request as those that are eligible: 30 percent of families who are not eligible for free or reduced - price lunch make a request compared with only 13 percent of eligible families.

Three out of four are on the federal free - and reduced - lunch program, and half are not native English speakers.

Fifty - three percent of students were eligible for the federal free or reduced - price lunch program.

Scholarship recipients in Florida must earn less than 185 % of the federal poverty line, which is the income threshold for the federal government's free and reduced lunch program.

The student data include test scores, race and ethnicity, eligibility for the federal free and reduced - price lunch program, and status as an ESL or special - education student.

We analyzed test data from several states, adjusting for the percentage of students in a school eligible for the federal free and reduced - price lunch program.

First priority is given to renewal students and to new students eligible for the federal free and reduced - price lunch program ($ 45,510 for a family of four in 2017 — 18).

At least 40 % of the students a scholarship organization awards scholarships to must have qualified for the federal free or reduced - price lunch program in the final year they attended public school.

HB 644 established the Charter School Transportation Grant Pilot Program to fund up to 65 percent of student transportation costs for charter schools where at least half of students qualify for federal free or reduced lunch.

Public and private school officials have quite different obligations and incentives to classify students as participants in these federal programs: a) the Title I program for disadvantaged students; b) the free and reduced - price lunch programs; c) programs for those classified as Limited English Proficient (LEP); and d) special education, as indicated by having an Individualized Education Programprogram for disadvantaged students; b) the free and reduced - price lunch programs; c) programs for those classified as Limited English Proficient (LEP); and d) special education, as indicated by having an Individualized Education ProgramProgram (IEP).

To complete her analysis, Cascio compared the academic outcomes of preschoolers who qualified for federal free - or reduced - price lunch programs, a standard measure of poverty, in states that offered universal preschool to similar preschoolers in states that offered only targeted preschool.

In addition, more than 60 % of CSDC clients serve low - income student populations (as defined by participation in the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program).

Students are eligible to receive vouchers if their household income does not exceed 133 percent of the guidelines needed to qualify for the federal free and reduced - price lunch (FRL) program ($ 60,528 for a family of four in 2017 — 18).

In Year Two of the program, that threshold rises to 133 percent of the free and reduced lunch program, or 240 percent of the federal poverty threshold.

Facing pressure from critics who said that vouchers would not go to the neediest students with that high of an income limitation, lawmakers dropped it to level that confers eligibility for the federal free and reduced price lunch program.

The National School Boards Association (NSBA) has issued a press release calling for flexibility and relief from the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to address the unintended consequences of onerous requirements for federal school meal programs in the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act with the start of National School Lunch Week on Oct. 13.

Additionally, 40 percent of the scholarships SOs award must be given to students who qualify for the federal free and reduced - price lunch program.

According to Kate Baker, the president of NEO, the reimbursement model has been «a significant burden» for many families.25 Since NEO prioritizes based on need, 98 percent of homeschooling scholarship families in the first year of the program had a total household income that would have qualified them for the federal free or reduced - price lunch program (185 percent of the federal poverty line, or $ 43,568 for a family of four in 2012 - 13), including 77 percent who would have qualified for a «free lunch» (130 percent of the federal poverty line, or $ 30,615 for a family of four in 2012 - 13).26

This study is a comparative case study of ten elementary, middle, and high schools with strong arts programs and significant numbers of economically disadvantaged students (at least 50 percent of the student body qualifying for the federal free and reduced - price lunch program).

By David McClendon and Jenny Eyer, Center for Social Measurement and Evaluation Across Texas, over 3 million low - income students qualify for free or reduced - price school meals through federal programs such as the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast...

Title I is a federally funded program that offers additional federal dollars to support schools in areas with high free - reduced lunch numbers.

[13] lawmakers dropped it to level that confers eligibility for the federal free and reduced price lunch program.: http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2013/05/21/packed-house-for-school-voucher-bill-hearing/

Students are eligible if they live in families with incomes up to, but not exceeding, 100 percent of the federal free and reduced - price lunch program ($ 45,510 for a family of four in 2017 — 18).

About 19 million students are enrolled in the federal free - lunch program because of low family incomes.