1. 2014-2015 Community Eligibility Provision

2. What is the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)?
Section 104a of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act
Provides an alternative to household applications for free and reduced price meals
Offers all students free meals for Breakfast and Lunch at schools that are eligible

3. What are the benefits of CEP
No Free and Reduced applications
Reduces the workload for teachers
Eliminates charges totally
Increases participation in breakfast and lunch

4. What Do You Need to Know about CEP?
Participation is required for the entire school year (June 30 cutoff)
All schools participating in CEP must serve breakfast and lunch to all students at no charge
All schools participating in CEP will not collect USDA Income Applications

5. What is the criteria to be certified at a CEP school?
A school district can participate in CEP either as a district, by individual school, or by a cluster of schools
To be eligible, the district, school, or cluster must be at least 40% “Identifed Students”, also known as Direct Certifed Students
Identified students are defined as the students certified for free meals without the use of a household application

6. If all students at the school eat Free breakfast and Free Lunch, how is the USDA calculated?
Analysis showed that on average for every 10 identified students there were 6 more students certified based on an income application
If you multiply the identified student percentage by 1.6 you are approximating the free and reduced price percentage
(Example: School A is 50% Identified Students. USDA would be):
.50 x 1.6 = % of School A would receive the
Free USDA reimbursement rate (currently $3.01)

7. Based upon the guidelines to be eligible, this is the list of 17 Schools in Huntsville City that would qualify to participate in CEP:
Butler High School
Chapman P-8
MLK Elementary
McNair Jr. High
Lee High School
Highlands Elementary
Johnson High School
Lakewood Elementary
Morris Elementary
McDonnell Elementary
Montview Elementary
Providence Elementary
Ridgecrest Elementary
Rolling Hills Elementary
University Place Elementary
Dawson Elementary
Westlawn Middle

8. In addition to the 17 schools that qualify, we are recommending that we include the following 6 schools:
ASFL
New Century
Williams Elementary
Williams Middle School
Columbia High School
Whitesburg P-8
By including these 6 schools, we will have a total of 23 of our 41 schools able to eat Free Breakfast and Free Lunch without having to complete a Free and Reduced Application, and we will be reimbursed a total of 94% at the USDA Free rate of reimbursement. (based upon ALSDE calculator)

9. Questions?