Sentences with phrase «reimbursable federal meal»

In fact, the reimbursable federal meal, at least at the elementary level, is really not that bad in my district.

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Because breakfast is not an «offer vs. serve» meal (i.e., students must take all parts of the meal for it to be reimbursable by the federal government), there's a huge amount of waste, and one of the most valuable aspects of Lisa's blog has been her photos of the untouched food routinely discarded by the students from the breakfast — tables full of sealed milk and juice cartons, uneaten whole fruit and unopened packaged foods all headed for the trash (see, e.g., here and here).

The federal reimbursement for free meals is one measure of how much is intended to be spent on producing a reimbursable meal.

Competitive foods include items served in the cafeteria that are not part of a reimbursable meal (such as individual food items or meals that do not meet the nutritional requirements for the federal programs), individual food items in vending machines, and meals served to adults.

[31] Once school districts have earned federal reimbursements through the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Programs by serving reimbursable meals, they may spend the funds on any nonprofit school food program they operate.

typically not as healthy as the school lunch that met the federal nutrition guidelines, known as the reimbursable meal.

What they were getting on their own was typically not as healthy as the school lunch that met the federal nutrition guidelines, known as the reimbursable meal.

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.

Competitive foods are all foods and beverages sold to students on campus during the school day, other than those meals reimbursable under federal meal programs.

Participating districts reported higher breakfast and lunch participation and were significantly more likely to report that the federal reimbursement rate was sufficient to cover the cost of producing a reimbursable meal.

The kids just need 3 items to make a «reimbursable» meal for federal guidelines, and most kids just take the chicken sandwich (protein and 2 grains for the bun), pass on the lettuce and tomato and opt for ketchup, one milk carton, plus an apple.

«If the federal government let us offer water as part of a reimbursable meal, then the children, many of them, instead of taking a milk or juice, would take a water.»