Characteristics of School Districts Offering Free School Meals to All Students Through the Community Eligibility Provision of the National School Lunch Program

Joanne Guthrie ; Katherine Ralston

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: National School Lunch Program;    Community Eligibility Provision;    child nutrition;    school meals;    children;    food assistance programs;   

RP-ID  :  ERR-255

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) allows high-poverty schools to provide USDA school meals at no charge to all students. A new ERS report examines the characteristics of school districts that chose to participate.