Developing and Evaluating Methods for Using American Community Survey Data to Support the School Meals Programs Interim Report (2010) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix A: Glossary
Pages 111-116
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Application Local education agencies provide a letter to parents of students just prior to or at the beginning of a school year describing the school meals programs, inviting them to apply, and providing an application form. The applica tion requests information about program participation, family composition, and family income.
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For direct certification, states or districts match lists of students (including names, addresses, etc.) with the administrative data concerning individuals participating in SNAP or other assistance programs.
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Local Local education agency is the public board of education education or other public or private nonprofit authority legally agency constituted in a state for the administrative control of public or private nonprofit schools in a political sub division of a state; an administrative agency or a combi nation of school districts or counties that is recognized by the state; any other public or private nonprofit institution or agency having administrative control and direction of a public or private nonprofit school, residential child care institution, or the state education agency in a state or territory in which the state education agency is the sole education agency for all public or private nonprofit schools. Meal counts The total number of meals served that satisfy nutritional requirements of the school meals programs by eligibility category (free, reduced price, and full price)
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Traditionally, schools used food-based menu planning, which required school meals to offer set numbers of servings from specific food groups, with minimum portion sizes that varied by age. For example, National School Lunch Program meals were required to offer one serving of meat or meat alternatives (cheese, beans)
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Provision 4 The term used in this report to refer to a new special pro vision that would provide free meals to all children, with reimbursement based on estimates from the American Community Survey and other data sources. This provi sion would require schools, groups of schools, or school districts to count the total number of reimbursable meals served.
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Official statistics on the school meals programs typically cover the 9 months from Sep tember through May. Verification A process required by each local education agency (LEA)
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