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National School Lunch / School Breakfast Programs Policy Alerts

NOTE: These policy alerts are provided for reference purposes only. Each has been deleted, rescinded, amended or incorporated into a program handbook and is no longer in effect as written.
Alert # Title Format Format Attachments
NSLP/SBP 2009-04 Fluid Milk Substitutions in the NSLP/SBP   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2009-03 Aerated Beverages Categorized as “Soda Water”   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2009-02 Eligibility for Free Meals based on Head Start and Early Head Start Participation   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2009-01 Changes in the Food Stamp Program: Name and Case Numbers   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-28 Prototype Language for Return of Discounts, Rebates and Credits to School Food Authorities   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-27 Revised Form H4524 and New Form H4524-S   .pdf 1 , 2 , 3
NSLP/SBP 2008-26 Eligibility for Free Meals based on Head Start Participation   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-25 Rates of Reimbursement and Value of Donated Commodities for School Year (SY) 2009   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-24 Revised Income Eligibility Guidelines for 2008-2009   .pdf 1 , 2 , 3
NSLP/SBP 2008-23 Revised Form H1532, Claim for Reimbursement, and Instructions   .pdf 1 , 2
NSLP/SBP 2008-22 Special Nutrition Automated Processing System (SNAPS) Training and User Manual   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2008-21 Grain/Bread Documentation for Items Not Found in the Food Buying Guide   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2008-20 Direct Certification of Children   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-19 Questions Regarding Infant Feeding   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-18 Eligibility Determinations – Excluded Income   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-17 Submitting Paper Claims   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-16 Obtaining a NSLP/SBP Handbook   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-15 Procurement Regulations Regarding Cost Reimbursable Contracts and A la Carte Meals   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-13 Alternate Menu Planning Approaches – Calorie and Nutrient Standards   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2008-11 Revised Form H1532, Claim For Reimbursement   .pdf 1 , 2
NSLP/SBP 2008-10 Obtaining School Food Safety Inspections   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-9 Healthier US School Challenge (HUSSC) Bronze Level Awards   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-8 Voluntary Changes in Eligibility and Declining Benefits   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-7 Revised Form H4508   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-6 Additional Questions and Answers Regarding Feeding Infants in the NSLP/SBP   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-5 Meal Pattern Charts – Infants   .pdf 1 , 2
NSLP/SBP 2008-4     .pdf 1 , 2
NSLP/SBP 2008-3 Obtaining School Food Safety Inspections   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-2 Revision to Form H1548, and Instructions to Form H4504   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-1 Request for an Appeal Hearing   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-14 Late Claim – One Time Exception Policy   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-13 Seamless Summer Option Questions and Answers   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2007-12 Procurement Thresholds   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-11 Rates of Reimbursement and Value of Donated Commodities for School Year (SY) 2008   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-10 Program Management - Handbook Revisions   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-9 Revised Income Eligibility Guidelines for 2007-2008   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2007-7 Revised Forms and Instructions: H4508 and H4526   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-6 Limited Disclosure of Children’s Eligibility Information to the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP)   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-5 Scanned Income Applications-Rounding of Income   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-4 Late Claim – One Time Exception Policy   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-2 Allowable and Unallowable Uses of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Donated Commodities   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-1 Revised Verification Sample Size   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-22 Age Limitations in Residential Child Care Institutions (RCCIs)   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-21 Procurement Thresholds   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-20 HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) Application Packet   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-19 Revision to NSLP/SBP Handbook Civil Rights Requirements   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-16 Federal Procurement Regulations   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-15 Revised Income Eligibility Guidelines for 2006-2007   .pdf 1, 2
NSLP/SBP 2006-14 New Electronic Claim Submittal Requirements and Revisions to INAPP User Guide   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-13 Categorical Eligibility for Homeless, Runaway and Migrant Youth   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-11 Supplemental #1 Revised Civil Rights Staff Training Materials - Correction   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-11 Revised Civil Rights Staff Training Materials   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-10 New Free and Reduced Price School Meals Family Application   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-9 Age Limits for Children’s Meals in Emergency Shelters   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-8 Translation for Free and Reduced Price School Meal Applications   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-7 Implementing the Revised School Meal Recipes   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-6 Income Eligibility Determinations for Food and Nutrition Service Programs   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-5 Local Wellness Policy   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-4 Determining Eligibility for Severe Need Reimbursement in New Schools   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-3 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Verification Reporting Procedures   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-2 Hurricane Rita: Eligibility Extension, Verification, Waivers and Late Claiming Requests   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-1 Submitting Late Claims Due to Emergency Feeding of Child Evacuees from Hurricane Katrina   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-21 Hurricane Katrina: Eligibility and Verification Procedures   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-20 Correction to Policy Alert NSLP/SBP 2005-15, “New Free and Reduced Price School Meals Family Application:” Form H1623   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-19 Verification Procedures: Required Telephone Number and Follow-up Activities   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-18 Verification Procedures: Required Confirmation Reviews of Selected Applications   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-17 Emergency Feeding of School Children in Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-16 Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Implementation and Guidance for School Food Authorities   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-15 New Free and Reduced Price School Meals Family Application   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-14 Verification Procedures: Revised Reporting Process and Forms   .pdf  
NSLP/SBP 2005-13 Revised Forms   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-12 Revised Income Eligibility Guidelines for 2005 - 2006   .pdf 1, 2
NSLP/SBP 2005-11 Impact of School Year 2004-2005 Non-Response Rates on School Year 2005-2006 Verification Requirements for School Food Authorities   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-10 Alternatives to Standard Application and Meal Counting Procedures – Provisions 1, 2, and 3   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-9 Changes to Provision 2 and Provision 3 on a School Food Authority-Wide Basis   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-8 Determining Size and Income for Households with Deployed Military Members   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-04 New Verification Reporting Procedures   .pdf 1, 2, 3, 4
NSLP/SBP 2005-3 Changes in the Fluid Milk Provisions   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-2 Severe Need Reimbursement in the School Breakfast Program (SBP)   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-1 Change in Income Eligibility Verification Requirements   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-12 Changes in the Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-11 Extension of Waiver Requirement for Weighted Averages   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-10 Exclusion of Housing Allowance Received under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-9 Exclusion of Medicare Prescription Drug Card Subsidiary from Household Income when Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-7 Revised Income Eligibility Guidelines for 2004 - 2005   .pdf 1, 2, 3
NSLP/SBP 2004-5 Revised Single Audit Threshold   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-4 Obtaining an NSLP/SBP Handbook   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-2 Further Clarification Regarding Income Exclusions for Military Families   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-1 Effects on Bussing on Area Eligibility in the Afterschool Care Snack Program   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2003-04 Revised Income Eligibility Guidelines   .pdf 1   2
NSLP/SBP 2003-01 Revised Form 1532, Special Nutrition Programs Claim for Reimbursement   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2002-04 Alternatives to Standard Application and Meal Counting Procedures - Provisions 1, 2 and 3   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2001-06 Special Nutrition Programs (SNP) Agreements   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2001-05 Minimum Serving Sizes on Multiple Serving Lines   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2001-02 Off-site Meals   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2001-01 Electronically Reproduced Forms   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2000-10 Automatic Eligibility for Even Start Participants   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2000-6 Questions and Answers Regarding Implementation of the Afterschool Care Snack Program   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 99-03 Waiver of Weighted Averages .htm   none
SNP 98-1 Commercial Infant and Other Foods as Reimbursable Meal Components in the Infant Meal Pattern   .pdf none
SNP 93-2 Variations in Meal Requirements for Religious Reasons: Seventh Day Adventist Schools,
Institutions and Sponsors		   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 93-2 Reimbursable Meal Pattern - Milk Versus Other Beverages   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 93-1 Purchase of Fresh Meat or Poultry Topped Pizza   .pdf none

National School Lunch / School Breakfast Programs Policy Notices

NOTE: These policy notices are provided for reference purposes only. Each has been deleted, rescinded, amended or incorporated into a program handbook and is no longer in effect as written.
Notice # Title Format Format Attachments
NSLP/SBP 2008-15 Applying Geographic Preference in Procurement of Unprocessed Locally Grown or Locally Raised Agricultural Products   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-14 Texas Public School Nutrition Policy and Education Service Center Meet and Greet Sessions   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-12 Child Nutrition Label Rescindment and Violation – Advance Food Company   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-11 Questions and Answers on Vending Machines in the NSLP/SBP   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2008-10 Incorporating the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans into School Meals   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-9 Exemptions Under the Competitive Food Services Regulations   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2008-8 TDA Civil Rights Training Video   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-7 Child Nutrition Label Violations – Advance Food Company   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-6 NSLP/SBP Coordinated Review Effort (CRE)   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-5 Nutrition Workshops   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-4 On the Road to Professional Food Preparation, 2nd Edition   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-3 Child Nutrition (CN) Label Violation – Townsends, Inc. Chic-N-Fries   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-2 Additional NSLP/SBP Resources Available   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2008-1 School Food Safety Inspection Reminder   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-20 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Team Nutrition Materials   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2007-19 Obtaining Verification Information from Households   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-18 Operation of Child Nutrition Programs During a Pandemic   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-17 School Meals Initiative (SMI) 2007 Tools for SMI Success CD Distribution   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-16 Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP)   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-15 Imported Plasticware Safety   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-14 Federal Publishing Limited, Inc. (aka Federal Publication) Materials   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-13 Iron Fortified Infant Formulas That Do Not Require a Medical Statement   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-12 Fluid Milk and Other Food Components/Menu Items in Reimbursable Lunches   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-11 Subscribe to Special Nutrition Programs (SNP) e-News   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-10 Implementation of the New Special Nutrition Automated Processing System (SNAPS)   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-9 Healthy Snacks - Benefits of Serving Fruits and Vegetables   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2007-8 Child Nutrition (CN) Label Violation – RCG Foods of Texas, Inc.   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-7 Revised Listing of Exemptions Under the Competitive Foods Regulations   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2007-6 Translations for Free and Reduced Price School Meals Applications Now Available   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-5 Child Nutrition (CN) Label Violation – Profera Inc. Pepperoni Cheese Pizza with Whole Grain   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2007-3 USDA-Approved Nutrient Analysis Software   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-25 SNP Training Website   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-24 Financial Management: A Course for School Food Service Directors   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-23 Child Nutrition (CN) Label – Bernardi Italian Foods East Side Entrees Cheese Roll-up   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-22 Buy American Reminder   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-21 School Meals Initiative (SMI) Frequently Asked Questions   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-20 School Meal Initiative (SMI) Manual: Road to SMI Success – A Guide for School Foodservice Directors   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-19 Procurement Questions and Answers   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-18 Revised Nutrient Analysis Protocols – How to Analyze for USDA’s School
Meals Programs		   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-17 Buy American Provision Questions and Answers   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-16 Join Team Nutrition   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-15 Record-Keeping Requirements   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-14 New Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Resource   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-13 Commercial Software Used in the NSLP/SBP   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-12 MyPyramid For Kids Classroom Materials Now Available   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-11 Accounting for Donated Foods in Cost-Reimbursable Contracts Between
School Food Authorities and Food Service Management Companies		   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-10 Annual Application Package for School Year 2007 (July 2006 - June 2007)   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-9 Fixed Price Contracts with Food Service Management Companies   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-8 Training Offered Through the Education Service Centers   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-7 National School Breakfast Week   .pdf none

 
NSLP/SBP 2006-6 Child Nutrition Labels   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-5 Revised Listing of Exemptions Under the Competitive Foods Regulations   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2006-3 Verification Procedures: Additional Information and Clarification for Required Confirmation Reviews   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-2 Iron Fortified infant Formulas that Do Not Require a Medical Statement   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2006-1 Contact Information Change for Verification of Food Stamp and TANF
Eligible Children		   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-15 Procurement Procedure Questions and Answers   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-14 School Food Safety Inspections Questions and Answers   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-13 Rates of Reimbursement and Value of Donated Commodities for School Year (SY) 2006   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-12 Special Nutrition Programs (SNP) Training Web Site Upgrade   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-11 Healthier US School Challenge   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-10 New Website Address   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-9 Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) in Schools   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-8 Revised Listing of Exemptions Under the Competitive Foods Regulations   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2005-7 Request for an Appeal Hearing   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-6 New Program Resources Added to the SNP Website   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-5 Using Whole Grain Products   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-4 Electronic Claims Notice   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-3 Contract Procurement   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-2 Impact of Verification Activity in School Year 2004-2005 on School Year 2005-2006   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2005-1 New Training Format for NSLP/SBP Contractors   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-24 Rates of Reimbursement for School Year (SY) 2005   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-22 Contracting with a Food Service Management Company (FSMC) and Operating More Than One School   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-21 Revised Process for Obtaining Special Nutrition Programs (SNP) Program Forms   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-20 New USDA Resource - Fruits and Vegetables Galore   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-17 Revised Listing of Exemptions Under the Competitive Foods Regulations   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2004-16 Extension of the Military Housing Privatization Initiative   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-15 School Food Authorities Responsibilities When Contracting with a Food Service Management Company   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-14 Water Ice and Soda Water are Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-13 Adjustment of Yields in the United States Department of Agriculture Child Nutrition Recipe Publications   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-12 Exemptions Under the Competitive Foods Regulation   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2004-11 New Nutrition Training Event: Menu Planning 1: Cycle Menu Basics for Meals and Snacks   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2004-10 List of Current NSLP/SBP Policy Releases   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-9 Universal Numbering System   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-8 Reminder - Creditable Foods in the NSLP/SBP   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-7 Availability of the Biosecurity Checklist through the Healthy School Meals Resource System (HSMRS) Website   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-6 Revised Listing of Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) Approved Enriched Macaroni Products with Fortified Protein   .pdf 1 (included in PDF)
NSLP/SBP 2004-5 Audit Requirements for Federal Agency Institutions/School Food Authorities   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-4 Address Change for Verification of TANF and Food Stamp Eligible Children   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-3 Military Families and Eligibility   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-2 Discover School Breakfast Toolkit Available on Internet   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2004-1 Advantages of Electronic Claim Submittal Using INAPP   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2003-7 Rates of Reimbursement and Value of Donated Commodities for School Year (SY) 2004   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2003-4 Texas Education Agency CN Workshops   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2003-2 Revised Form 1532, SNP Claim for Reimbursement   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2003-01 List of Current NSLP/SBP Policy Releases   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2002-12 FNS Guidance Responding to the USDA Office of Inspector General Report   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2002-11 Rates of Reimbursement and Value of Donated Commodities for School Year (SY) 2003   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2002-08 Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value Exemptions   .pdf 1
NSLP/SBP 2002-03 School Guidelines for Children with Food Allergies   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2002-02 Confirmation of Successfully Submitted Automated Claims   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2001-16 Fee Increases Related to Food Service Management Company (FSMC) Contract Renewals   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2001-15 Records Retention for Food Service Management Company Procurement   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2001-09 Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowances (FSSA)   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2001-08 Command Buttons for Electronic Claim Submittals   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2001-07 Allowable Functions for a Consultant in the NSLP/SBP   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2001-06 School Meal Applications During the Operation of Provision 2 and Provision 3   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2001-05 Allowable Costs for Fringe Benefits   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 2000-18 Revised Listing of Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Approved Enriched Macaroni Products with Fortified Protein .htm none
NSLP/SBP 2000-04 Clarification for Form 1648, School/SFA Edit Check Worksheet   .pdf none
SNP 96-06 Combination Food Items in the School Breakfast Program   .pdf none
NSLP/SBP 94-32 Fresh Meat/Poultry Tacos Purchased from Restaurants   .pdf none
SNP 94-10 Revised Frankfurter Fact Sheet   .pdf 1
SNP 94-9 Meat Versus Protein Fact Sheet   .pdf 1
SNP 93-6 Variations in Meal Requirements for Religious Reasons   .pdf none

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