District Policies – Jefferson County School District R-1
Book:
District Policies – Jefferson County School District R-1
Section:
E: Support Services
Title:
Food Services
Number:
EF
Status:
Active
Legal:
C.R.S. 22-32-120
42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq. National School Lunch Act
42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq. Child Nutrition Act
Adopted:
06/26/1997
Last Revised:
01/22/2002
Last Reviewed:
Policy Detail
The food services program shall be operated under the general supervision of the superintendentīs designee. As a participant in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program, the district is entitled to receive reimbursement and commodities donated by the United States Department of Agriculture.
The Food Services Fund shall be managed as an enterprise fund and shall be operated on a self-supporting basis.
The district shall provide free and reduced price meals to qualified students under the guidelines provided by the Child Nutrition Unit of the Colorado Department of Education and the United States Department of Agriculture.
The district shall comply with the rules and regulations established by the Colorado State Board of Education and the United States Department of Agriculture relating to competitive food services.
A la carte service shall be available for all staff members. A la carte selections shall be of such variety that the nutritional values contained in the school lunch meal pattern will be available.
The district shall provide the opportunity for eligible senior citizens to eat a noon meal at school on days when schools are in session.
Competitive food service shall not operate for one-half hour before and until one-half hour after the regularly scheduled lunch and/or breakfast programs without the express written approval of the director of food services. Competitive food service is any food or beverage service that is separate and apart from the nonprofit federal/state reimbursed food service program and includes fundraising activities by the students, PTA, or booster clubs.
