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Latest News for School Nutrition Programs
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Published: 37 days ago
" On April 27, 2023, USDA released the newest PLE Tool. CEs required to complete PLE should use this tool to calculate their paid lunch price for SY 2023 – 2024. The tool is available under the Administration/Form tab of the National School Lunch Program page at https://squaremeals.org/Programs/National-School-Lunch-Program/Administration-Forms.
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Each year, CEs must evaluate their lunch pricing structure and determine if the cost and income from lunch meals are equitably distributed among free, reduced-price, and paid meals—Paid Lunch Equity (PLE). CEs that determine that their lunch pricing structure is not equitably distributed must take action to remedy the inequity—increase meal prices, provide additional funds from nonfederal sources, or a combination of both.
On April 27, 2023, USDA released the newest PLE Tool. CEs required to complete PLE should use this tool to calculate their paid lunch price for SY 2023 – 2024.
CEs or sites that have implemented a non-pricing policy that applies to all students are not required to complete PLE requirements—this includes the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), Provision 2 (P2), or other non-pricing, universal free feeding programs that provide reimbursable meals at no charge to all students.
Further, CEs with a positive or zero fund balance as of June 30, 2022, are not required to complete PLE requirements for SY 2023 – 2024 due to flexibility provided by Congress in the 2023 Appropriations Act.
The PLE Tool is available under the Administration/Form tab of the National School Lunch Program page at https://squaremeals.org/Programs/National-School-Lunch-Program/Administration-Forms.
For guidance on PLE requirements, see Section 19 of the Administrator’s Reference Manual (ARM) located at https://squaremeals.org/Programs/NationalSchoolLunchProgram/PolicyARM.aspx
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Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
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