Consider/Approve All Matters Related to the Meal Charging Regulation for the 2026-2027 School Year Description: Priority #5: Optimize All Available Resources The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and S. B. No 1566 require that school districts allow students to utilize a prepaid meal account to purchase cafeteria meals and that the district’s Board of Trustees adopt a written, grace period pol

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5.J. Consider/Approve All Matters Related to the Meal Charging Regulation for the 2026-2027 School Year Description: Priority #5: Optimize All Available Resources The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and S. B. No 1566 require that school districts allow students to utilize a prepaid meal account to purchase cafeteria meals and that the district’s Board of Trustees adopt a written, grace period policy regarding the use of the meal accounts to accommodate students who exhaust their meal account balance and methods by which parents of those students are notified. The following charging policy is proposed for school year 2026-2027. ALL AGES: ($12.00) Two (2) breakfast meals & two (2) lunch meals In school year 2025-2026, the charge limit was $15 for elementary students and $11.25 for secondary students. Courtesy Meal - no change Notification efforts - ELEMENTARY: Parents receive negative balance letters in weekly take-home folders. ALL AGES: Parents receive weekly phone calls and emails upon reaching the account balance associated with their eligibility status (Paid - Balance of $6.00 or less, Reduced and Free - Balance of -$0.01 or less). Recommendation: It is recommended that the Board of Trustees approves the proposed changes to meal charging for 2026-2027 as presented. Attachments: ( 1 ) 5J and 5K - Meal Prices and Charging Policy 26-27 8/5/2026 at 3:54 PM