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Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) for School Year (SY) 2023-2024

Published: 84 days ago
" Any NSLP CE with a negative balance in its nonprofit school food service account on June 30, 2022, must complete PLE pricing requirements for SY 2023-2024. The 2023-2024 Paid Lunch Equity Tool was posted to the Forms table at https://squaremeals.org/Programs/National-School-Lunch-Program/Administration-Forms. Due to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, any NSLP CE with a positive or zero balance in its nonprofit school food service account on June 30, 2022, is exempt from PLE pricing requirements for SY 2023-2024. For more information on PLE and how to complete it, see the Administrator’s Reference Manual (ARM), Section 19, Meal Pricing located at https://squaremeals.org/Programs/National-School-Lunch-Program/Policy-ARM.
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Any NSLP CE with a negative balance in its nonprofit school food service account on June 30, 2022, must complete PLE pricing requirements for SY 2023-2024. The 2023-2024 Paid Lunch Equity Tool was posted to the Forms table at https://squaremeals.org/Programs/National-School-Lunch-Program/Administration-Forms.

Due to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, any NSLP CE with a positive or zero balance in its nonprofit school food service account on June 30, 2022, is exempt from PLE pricing requirements for SY 2023-2024. CEs should document their use of this flexibility but are not required to notify TDA.

Further, CEs or sites that have implemented a non-pricing policy that applies to all students are not required to complete PLE. 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.

For more information on PLE and how to complete it, see the Administrator’s Reference Manual (ARM), Section 19, Meal Pricing located at
https://squaremeals.org/Programs/National-School-Lunch-Program/Policy-ARM.

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