Sentences with phrase «federal meal subsidies»

The National School Lunch program exists to serve low - income children (those receiving federal meal subsidies), and among that group, participation has actually increased.

Another way to assess whether the price charged for a paid meal is sufficient is to compare it (after adding the federal meal subsidy) to the federal reimbursement for free meals.

SFAs would be well served by setting paid meal prices at a level that, when combined with the federal meal subsidy, at least covers the cost of producing the meal.

Not exact matches

Prices for paid meals should be brought to levels that, when combined with the federal subsidy, actually cover the cost of providing those meals.

Students who do not qualify for free or reduced price meals because their family income exceeds 185 percent of the poverty line may purchase «paid» meals, which receive a modest federal subsidy that supplements the price their parents pay for such meals (see Table 1).

It could do so by requiring school districts that charge lower prices to increase prices gradually so that, when combined with the federal subsidy provided for such meals, they eventually at least equal the federal reimbursement level for free meals.

If the price charged for paid meals, combined with the federal per - meal subsidy, covered the costs of these meals (or equaled the federal per - meal reimbursement for free meals), more funds could be put toward providing more nutritious meals, providing better compensation and professional support to food service staff, or other improvements that would benefit children.

To the federal subsidies already in place, it added 10 cents for every breakfast, 10 cents for every lunch and a five - cent bonus for every lunch meal that contains a locally - grown component.

What is the city of Houston doing to support school meals, other than relying on the federal subsidy?

Especially in districts with large numbers of needy students, federal subsidy dollars can more than pay for breakfast, meaning extra cash to help support the entire meal program.

This effect of including federal funds reflects the fact that the bulk of federal education dollars are allocated based largely on the income profile of the communities schools serve, primarily through federal subsidies for free and reduced price meals and under Title I of the ESEA.19 But because subsidies for school lunch programs are the largest source of federal funds flowing to schools, those concerned with equity must determine how expenditures of those non-instructional funds are considered.