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Date FNS Document# Title
Webinar: Community Eligibility Provision 101
Community Eligibility Provision Fact Sheet
CEP Planning and Implementation Guidance
SP 11-2024 CEP: State Agency Procedures to Ensure Identified Student Percentage Accuracy
SP 10-2024 CEP: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and School Year 2024-25 Election Deadline
SP 09-2024 Community Eligibility Provision: Guidance and Updated Q&As
SP 08-2024 Community Eligibility Provision: Planning and Implementation Guidance - Updated
Community Eligibility Provision Status of School Districts and Schools by State
Community Eligibility Provision Resource Center
Webinar on Final Rule: CEP- Increasing Options for Schools
CEP Final Rule Summary
SP 22-2023 Community Eligibility Provision: Implementing the New Minimum Identified Student Percentage
Proposed Rule: Community Eligibility Provision – Increasing Options for Schools Webinar
Community Eligibility Provision - Summary of Proposed Rule
SP 10-2023 Updated Title I Guidance for Making Within District Allocations
SP 09-2023 Community Eligibility Provision: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and School Year 2023-2024 Election Deadline
SP 08-2023 Free or Low-Cost Internet Services Available to All Households with Kids at Schools Participating in the Community Eligibility Provision
USDA Secretary Vilsack Letter to States for SY 2022-23
Nutrition Standards for School Meals
SP 12-2021 Department of Education Information on the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #82 Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
COVID–19: Child Nutrition Response #6 Nationwide Waiver of Community Eligibility Provision Deadlines in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
Professional Standards
Tools for Schools: Focusing on Smart Snacks
SP30-2019 Requirements for Students Transferring from Provision to non-Provision Schools
SP17-2019 CEP: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and SY 2019-20 Election Deadline
Unpaid Meal Charges
SP20-2017 Community Eligibility Provision: Annual Notification and Publication Requirements
SP08 CACFP04, SFSP03-2017 Area Eligibility in Child Nutrition Programs
SP48 CACFP16 SFSP16-2016 Using Federal Funds to Support FoodCorps Service Members
SP46-2016 Unpaid Meal Charges: Local Meal Charge Policies
SP29-2016 Reporting Instructions for Form FNS-874: Local Educational Agency Second Review of Applications
SP35-2015 Updated Title I Guidance for Schools Electing Community Eligibility
SP28-2015 Q&As Regarding the Use of SAE Funds and SA Funds for Farm to School Related Expenses
Foster Care Letter
SP08-2015 Updated E-Rate Guidance for Schools Electing Community Eligibility
SP26-2014 New Q&As Related to the Certification of Compliance with Meal Requirements for the NSLP
SP37-2013 Enhancing the School Food Safety Program FAQs
SP39-2011 Guidance on Paid Lunch Equity and Revenue from Nonprogram Foods
SP32-2011 Direct Certification Benchmarks and Continuous Improvement Plans
SP29-2011 Nutrition Requirements for Fluid Milk
SP22 CACFP13 SFSP08-2011 Cooperation with Program Research and Evaluation of Child Nutrition Programs
Equity in School Lunch Pricing Fact Sheet
SP19 CACFP09 SFSP06-2011 Privacy Protection and the Use of Social Security Numbers in Child Nutrition Programs
Summary of Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act 2010
SP04-2009 Reminder Concerning E-Rate Audits by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Page updated: November 20, 2019