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Public Notice…Giles County Schools Free & Reduced Price Meals

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PUBLIC RELEASE
24-25
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Giles County Board of Education-School Nutrition today announced its policy for free and reduced-price meals for children served
in schools under the National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast Program. For School Year 2024-2025, Giles County will
continue participation OR will participate] in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). No further action is required of you. This USDA
provision allows your child(ren) to participate in the school meal programs without having to pay a fee or submit a meal application.
CEP is a key provision of the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010, which allows schools and school districts in low-income areas to
eliminate school meal applications and serve breakfast and lunch at no charge to all enrolled students. CEP gives food service
professionals more time to focus on preparing nutritious meals that their students will enjoy and gives students more time to eat those
meals by cutting down on time spent in the lunch line. More importantly, by offering all students a nutritious breakfast and lunch at no
cost, CEP helps ensure more students come to class well-nourished and ready to learn.
Children need healthy meals to learn. Giles County Board of Education-School Nutrition offers healthy meals every school day.
Breakfast and lunch meals will follow the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines for healthy school meals, so
please encourage students to participate. “In the operation of child feeding programs, no child will be discriminated against because of
race, sex, color, national origin, age or disability.”
Parents or guardians who need further information may contact
Sunny Mitchell, MS,RDN,LDN
School Nutrition Supervisor,
270 Richland Dr,
Pulaski, TN 38478
Phone 931-363-4558 ext. 2116
Fax-931-347-0177
USDA NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
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 (including gender identity and sexual orientation),
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: USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form 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: (202) 690-7442; or
3. Email: program.intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Written by: Ed Carter

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