Community Eligibility Provision Provides Free Breakfast And Lunch
Saturday, May 31st, 2014 -- 9:09 AM
Community eligibility provision allows school districts to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students.According to a press release from the Clark County UW-Extension Office, more than 100 school districts across Wisconsin may use ?community eligibility? to provide free school meals to all of their students starting this fall. An additional 87 school districts are near eligibility, according to a report created by the Department of Public Instruction. Districts have until June 30 to decide if their schools will participate.
Community eligibility helps ensure that low-income children, many of whom live in families struggling to put food on the table, have access to healthy meals at school.
In the 11 states that offered the community eligibility provision as part of the initial rollout, more than 4,000 high-poverty schools participated.
This fall, the community eligibility option will be available to qualifying schools nationwide. Initial results show community eligibility leads to more children eating school meals and boosts the number of children eating breakfast, an underutilized program that many schools are seeking to expand.
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