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Russell National School Lunch Act, 24 percent of SFAs increased prices for paid lunches in their schools. |\n| --- | --- |\n\nThe National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program are Federally assisted meal programs. They provide nutritious, low-cost or free meals to children in schools. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers the school meal programs at the Federal level. State agencies administer the school meal programs in each State and Territory through agreements with local school food authorities (SFAs) .  \nSFAs are responsible for the school meal programs in one or more schools, and provide free, reduced-price, or paid school meals to children. FNS sends SFAs cash reimbursements to subsidize the cost of every school meal (42 USC § 1773; 42 USC § 1759a) . 1, 2 The reimbursements are highest for free school meals and lowest for school meals that students pay for ( Federal Register 2022) . 3  \nFree school meals  \nFree school meals may be provided to every child in a State. In school year (SY) 2022–2023, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Vermont funded universal free school meals.  \nFree school meals may be provided to every child in a school. The Community Eligibility Provision allows schools in low-income areas to serve free meals to all students (7 CFR § 245.9) .4 In SY 2022–2023, about one-third of the SFAs in States without universal free school meals (35 percent) provided all meals in all schools for free. About two-thirds of the SFAs (65 percent) had one or more schools that charged for school meals.  \nFree school meals are provided to individual children who live in households with incomes at or below 130 percent of the Federal poverty level (42 USC § 1758[b][1][A]) . 5 Foster children, homeless children, migrant children, runaway children, children who participate in Head Start, and children who live in households that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families are all categorically eligible for free school meals (7 CFR 245) .6 In addition, some States subsidize reduced-price meals to make them free ( FRAC 2023) .7  \nReduced-price school meals  \nReduced-price school meals cost $0.30 or less for breakfast and $0.40 or less for lunch (42 USC § 1773; 42 USC § 1758) .8, 9 Students are eligible for reduced-price school meals if their household income is between 130 and 185 percent of the Federal poverty level.  \nPaid school meals  \nSFAs set the prices of paid school meals. In SY 2022–2023, the average price of a paid breakfast was $1.80 and the median was higher at $2.96, while the average price of a paid lunch was $2.99 with a lower median of $1.75.  \nPaid meal prices varied by school type as shown in the chart below.  \nAverage price charged for paid breakfast and lunch in school year 2022−2023, by school type  \nNote: Other schools included secondary schools (serving grades 6 or 7 through 12), early elementary schools (serving prekindergarten or kindergarten through grade 2), K through 8 schools (serving prekindergarten or kindergarten through grade 8), and K through 12 schools (serving all grades) .  \nThe price of paid school meals has steadily increased over the years in response to the Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) requirement (7 CFR 210 . 14(e)) . 10 The PLE requirement directs SFAs to compare the average price for a paid lunch with the difference between the free","cbCaic7dRtc1eL0K","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaic7dRtc1eL0K","pdf",406753,"English","# School meal programs and administration\n## Free school meals\n## Reduced-price school meals\n## Paid school meals\n## Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) requirements, exemptions, and waivers","[{\"question\":\"What are the average prices of paid meals in SY 2022–2023?\",\"answer\":\"The average price of a paid breakfast was $1.80, and the average price of a paid lunch was $2.99.\"},{\"question\":\"How do free school meals get provided in SY 2022–2023?\",\"answer\":\"Universal free school meals can be funded by states, and the Community Eligibility Provision allows eligible schools in low-income areas to serve free meals to all students.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) requirement affect paid lunch prices?\",\"answer\":\"SFAs compare the paid lunch average price to the reimbursement difference between free and paid lunches; if the paid lunch price is too low, SFAs must increase prices or offset the gap with non-Federal funding.\"}]","Meal Prices - A research brief about school year 2022–2023 | PDF",1792064018]