New for school year 2012-2013, schools with a certain percentage of
students directly certified for free school meals can serve universally
free meals to all students. Also referred to as Provision 4, Community Eligibility Option (CEO) is a
new meal claiming option for schools.
NY was selected as one
of a few in the nation to pilot this effort. Instead of collecting
individual free and reduced-price meal applications and claiming meals at the
individual student level, with CEO, certain schools can serve free meals to all students
without the need for applications and reimbursement on the number of
students directly certified for free meals.
Of the schools in other pilot states
already using CEO (IL, KY, MI), there has been overall positive response.
Learn more about CEO on our website, with materials from the Food Research and Action Center and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Includes a new resource for schools all about CEO, benefits, meal revenue, and a Q&A.
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