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TX-UNPS

NSLP participants submit applications and file claims through the Texas Unified Nutrition Programs System: TX-UNPS. If you are unable to use an Internet-based application such as TX-UNPS, please contact TDA.

School Meal Applications for NSLP Operators

Administrator’s Reference Manual (ARM) Update

School Nutrition Program Forms

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Form Name Form Number Form Download Form Download (Alternative Format) Instructions Download Program NameSort ascending
Local Wellness Policy (LWP) Checklist Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Meal Accommodation Tracking Form Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
NSLP/SBP Media Release Prototypes Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
NSLP/SBP Media Release Prototypes (SPANISH) Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Medical Statement Sample Form Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Micro-Purchase Log Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Monthly by Classroom Coded List Form Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Onsite Monitoring Form | Afterschool Care Program (ASCP) and Child and Adult Care Food Program At-Risk (CACFP At-Risk) Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Onsite Monitoring Form | Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Onsite Monitoring Form | National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Onsite Monitoring Form | Provision 2 (P2) Year 2 and Following Years Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Onsite Monitoring Form | School Breakfast Program (SBP) Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Onsite Monitoring Form | Seamless Summer Option (SSO) Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Payee Change Request 74-157 Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Permanent Agreement Contracting Entity Specific Amendment - Name Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Permanent Agreement Contracting Entity Specific Amendment - Programs Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Physical Inventory of Food Purchased Form Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Pre-Award Civil Rights Compliance Review Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Product Formulation Statement for Fruit Products – Sample Template Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Product Formulation Statement for Grains Products – Sample Template Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Product Formulation Statement for Meat/Meat Alternate (M/MA) Products – Sample Template Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Product Formulation Statement for Vegetable Products – Sample Template Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Professional Standards Tracking Sheet Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Program/Nonprogram Cost and Revenue Proportion Calculation Worksheet Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Provision 2 (P2) Feasibility Worksheet Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Sample Size Calculator for Verification Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Record of Program Expenditures Form Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Scanned and Web-based Application Checklist, National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), and Special Milk Program (SMP) Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
SNP - Claim for Reimbursement - Site Level Download File Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Student-Parent Involvement Activity Form Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Texas Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Division Permanent Agreement Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
USDA Foods Agreement Between Contracting Entity and Texas Department of Agriculture Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
USDA School Food Authority (SFA) Verification Collection Report FNS-742 Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Verification Report | Individual Household Form Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Weekly/Monthly Number Coded List Form Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Weekly/Monthly Number Coded List Form Download File Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Verification Letter Sample Templates Suite Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Verification Letter Sample Templates Suite - SPANISH Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Milk Flexibility for Emergency Conditions Notification Form Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
Unanticipated School Closure Notification Forms Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
SFSP/SSO Daily Meal Count Form - Standard Congregate Service Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
SFSP/SSO Meal Count Form - Non-Congregate Meal Bundling Download File School Nutrition Program Forms
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Proportion of Program/Nonprogram Revenue and Food Cost  Maximize 
Each year, CEs must assess their revenue from program food (reimbursable meals) and nonprogram food (non-reimbursable meals) to ensure that nonprogram food revenue generates at least the same proportion of revenue as it contributes toward total food costs. 

Revenue ratio:

Food cost ratio:

Nonprogram Food Revenue

>

Nonprogram Food Costs

Total program + 
nonprogram revenue

Total program foods +
nonprogram food costs


TDA provides the Program/Nonprogram Revenue Proportion Calculation Worksheet to assist CEs in determining if their program and nonprogram costs and income are proportional.



Indirect Cost Guidance  Maximize 
The full cost of the NSLP and SBP includes both direct and indirect costs. Direct costs are incurred specifically for the NSLP and can be readily identified to a particular school food service objective. Allocation of indirect costs is necessary because it identifies the portion of the costs benefitting the school food service. The Indirect Cost Guidance and its attachment provide assistance to the CEs to ensure the nonprofit school food service (School Nutrition Program) account funds are limited to those expenses that are reasonable and necessary to provide quality meals for the NSLP and SBP.



Certification of Compliance with the Meal Pattern  Maximize 

New CEs for NSLP or SBP are required to successfully complete the certification of compliance with meal pattern process as part of applying to administer NSLP or SBP. TDA staff will notify the CE about the actions required to complete the certification process.

 

Existing CEs may use the certification of compliance with the meal pattern forms to assist them in menu planning, but are not required to do so.

 

Forms to submit information about planned menus are available on USDA’s School Meals Certification of Compliance Web page.

After TDA staff have certified the planned menus as meeting the meal pattern, TDA staff will direct the CE in how to submit the Attestation form which is the final step in completing the certification process.



Assistance available in English and Spanish. Please call 877-TEX-MEAL (877-839-6325) for help. Additional translations services available as well.

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

1. Mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
2. Fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
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