July Updates

PY 2023-2024 School Nutrition Program

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Important Dates!

June 30 - School Nutrition Program application due (must be approved prior to the first day of school/meal service)

- Have an NSLP site no longer in use? Delete inactive pending site(s).

Attachment B Upload opens July 1, 2023 - Student pricing schools only ~Due Oct. 31st. Attachment B Upload Instructions
TDA no longer allows multiple months of reimbursement claimed under one month.

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Review 2023 Directors Day slides for guidance, specifically Preparing for PY 23-24.

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Free breakfast for "reduced-price" students

H.B. No. 1 General Appropriations Act Eighty-Eighth Legislature

Sec. 17.19. Department of Agricultural Grant Funding ...... IX-111

During the June 28 School Call Lena Wilson, Assistant Commissioner of TDA announced all students approved for reduced-priced meals will receive Breakfast free of charge for SY 23-24 & SY 24-25.
*Update all announcements for the reduced-priced student's breakfast as 0.00.

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2023-2024 School Meal Applications

For School Year 2023-2024, TDA has updated the sample letters to households to include the new nondiscrimination statement. Additionally, all four sample letter types have been consolidated into a single document (one version for English, one for Spanish).

Programs > National School Lunch Program > Eligibility and Verification > Household Applications

*Update all announcements for the reduced-priced student's breakfast as 0.00.

Join us for Determining Eligibility and Verification Process session on July 20. Register at the link provided. Session # 533633

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Reimbursement Rates

USDA plans to release SY 23-24 reimbursement rates in July.
Calculate the Adult Meal Prices with the updated reimbursement rates. Be prepared to increase the adult meal prices prior to the new SY even if the updated reimbursement rates are not yet released.

Meal Pricing Worksheet_Adult Price

PLE Pricing Exemption - As of June 30, 2022

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TDA School Call ~ June 28

Did you miss the School Call?

TDA School Webinar – June 28, 2023 – view USDA Food Update slides; view Texas Local Food for Schools Funding slides; School Operations Update slides; Policy Update slides; National School Lunch Week: Level Up slides.

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Watch for due dates... Program Year Calendar

Food Service Management Company contract review form

CEs that contract with a vendor (FSMC) to operate a Food and Nutrition Program administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture are responsible for contract management.

Contracting with an FSMC does not release the CE from any responsibilities for the Child Nutrition Programs (7 CFR 210.16). The CE is responsible for ensuring the FSMC operates the program according to the contract and in compliance with all regulations and guidance.

The TDA FSMC Contract Review form must be used quarterly as a contract management tool for reviewing the FSMC's program operation according to the contract. A CE may use local contract management tools in addition to this form.

The district employee responsible for oversight of the FMSC contract or district-employed designee must conduct the review.

For additional FSMC guidance, see Administrator's Reference Manual Section 18.

Suggestion: Complete the FSMC review form beginning in August.

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