Sentences with phrase «lunches under the federal 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.

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Furthermore, under the general welfare provision of the Constitution, the Federal Government offers financial assistance to states and local communities for a variety of educational purposes, ranging from subsidies for school lunch programs to salaries for teachers of agriculture and loans for school building construction.

It is presenting these meals under the supervision of the National School Lunch Program, which provides federal funding in exchange for meeting certain requirements.

This is partly due to the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, a once - every - five - years event when Congress decides how much federal money schools will receive under the National School Lunch Program.

Under federal law, states were told five years ago to automatically sign up families who receive food stamps for the lunch program.

But schools also are deterred by USDA regulations that require students to pass by a cash register or «point of sale» station after they have been to the salad bar to ensure that they have served themselves the correct portions of fruits and vegetables required under the federal lunch program.

This USDA initiative targets «competitive foods,» which are all foods and beverages sold to students on campus during the school day, typically through vending machines, a la carte lunch lines and in student stores, other than those meals reimbursable under federal meal programs.

Yesterday I published my interview with Paul Boundas, the restaurant chef who has brought wholesome, delicious scratch - cooking to Holy Trinity High School in Wicker Park, Illinois and says that he does so using the same federal dollars as any other school operating under the National School Lunch Program.

Each local educational agency that participates in the National School Lunch Program or other federal child nutrition programs is required by federal law to establish a local school wellness policy for all schools under its jurisdiction.

Under the new rules for the Children's Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, a federal initiative that provides money to states, states will be able to use enrollment data from the federal school lunch proProgram, or CHIP, a federal initiative that provides money to states, states will be able to use enrollment data from the federal school lunch programprogram...

The federal government provides reimbursement for free, reduced - price and paid lunches and breakfasts under the National School Lunch Program.

Using data from the 2012 - 2013 school year, the study determined that 51 percent of all students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade were eligible under the federal program for free and reduced - price lunch, a standard measure of the number of children living in poverty.

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.

The education regulations include federal testing, annual maintenance of local special education funding, multiple reporting requirements, including twice - a-year county health inspections under the National School Lunch Program and transportation for homeless students.

Two options were explored for reaching parents with the program: Chapter I pilot schools (schools which qualify for federal funds based on economic and achievement criteria, e.g. those which serve a high number of free or reduced - price lunches and also have a large number of children under - achieving on group tests), and adult education programs.