• What you NEED to know about your School Nutrition Programs, Wisconsin State Education Convention Breakout Session, 1/22/14 
• 10/2/12 FNS Letter from Under Secretary Concannon addressing questions surrounding the NSLP's new meal pattern requirements including information on calories, afterschool snack programs, and supper programs.
  • Fact Sheet: Calories in School Meals
  • Fact Sheet: Afterschool Snacks and Supper Programs
• SNT Questions and Answers: School Nutrition Team Child Nutrition Reauthorization Conferences – June 2012
• The School Day Just Got Healthier Toolkit is a collection of resources including brochures, fact sheets, FAQs, fliers, school lessons, templates and much more, to help prepare everyone for the changes to school meals this school year. This toolkit is separated by audience to help direct you to the most relevant and valuable tools and resources created just for you.
• USDA Healthy School Meals Standards Are Proving Popular - USDA Video 
• Healthy Food Choices in Schools Community of Practice - Cornell University’s Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs, the Smarter Lunchrooms Movement, and eXtension.org
• Questions and Answers from School Nutrition Association of WI Fall Conference Child Nutrition Reauthorization Presentation, 11/16/11
• Child Nutrition Reauthorization Report Presented at the School Nutrition Association of WI Fall Conference - June Paul, Director School Nutrition Team, 10/5/11
• Child Nutrition Reauthorization: At-A Glance - Updated August 2013 
• DPI SNT Webcast Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) Roundtable 8/18/11
• 1/04/2011 Summary of Child Nutrition Reauthorization Memo from June Paul, Director School Nutrition Team

New CNR Guidance
Date	Topic
July 11, 2014	SP-55-2014 State Agency 3-year Administrative Review Cycle Requirement - Waivers for Exceptional Cirbumstances
July 11, 2014	SP-54-2014 Administrative Reviews and Certification for Performance-Based Reimbursement in School Year 2014-15
June 30, 2014	SP-53-2014 Transition of Foods and Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value to Smart Snacks in School Standards
June 12, 2014	SP-50-2014 Extension of the Deadline for Local Education Agencies to Submit Applications to Elect the Community Eligibility Provision
June 5, 2014	SP-23-2014 v2 Questions and Answers Related to the "Smart Snacks" Interim Final Rule

 

Administrative Reviews

• State Agency 3-year Administrative Review Cycle Requirement - Waivers for Exceptional Cirbumstances, SP 55-2014, 7/11/14
• Coordinated Review Effort (CRE) for School Food Authorities (SFAs) in CESA 2 and SFAs Operating under Provision 2 Conducting a New Base Year during the School Year (SY) 2012-2013, 12/13/12
• Additional Administrative Reviews (AAR) and State Retention of Improperly-Paid Funds in School Year (SY) 2013-2014, 11/13/13, SP-09-2014 

 

All Foods Sold in Schools/Smart Snacks in Schools 

• DPI's Smart Snacks in Schools Webpage

 

Community Eligibility

• Extension of the Deadline for Local Education Agencies to Submit Applications to Elect the Community Eligibility Provision, 6/12/14, SP 50-2014
• Interim Review Guidance for States with Local Educational Agencies Electing the Community Eligibility Option - WI did not apply for the Community Eligibility Option for SY 2012-13, 4/10/12, SP 24-2012 
• Community Eligibility Option: Guidance and Procedure for Selection of States for School Year 2012-2013 and Attachment, 2/9/12, SP 12-2012 
• Community Eligibility Option: Guidance and Process for Selection of States for School Year 2011-2012 (Note: WI not yet eligible), 3/15/11, SP 23-2011

 

Direct Certification

• Frequency of Direct Certification Matching Activities Beginning in School Year 2011-2012, 4/27/11, SP 31-2011 (Effective: July 1, 2011)
• Change in Direct Certification Frequency for 2011-2012 school year, 7/11/11, Memo from June Paul, Director
• Letter Method for Direct Certification - clarification, 1/14/11, SP 13-2011 (Effective: October 1, 2011)

 

Farm to School

• 4/17/2012 SP 27-2012: USDA Farm to School Grants (May 18, 2012: Suggested 'Letter of Intent' deadline and applications are due June 15, 2012)

 

Food Safety

• 4/26/2013  SP 37-2013: Enhancing the School Food Safety Program (FAQ)
• 5/18/2011 SP 37-2011: Enhancing the School Food Safety Program (Schools are asked to comply with this requirement as soon as possible, but not later than the beginning of School Year 2011-2012.)
• 1/25/2011 SP 16-2011: State Food Safety Inspection Reporting Requirements (Extends present requirements through fiscal year 2015)

 

Free and Reduced Price Meal Applications

• Foster Children

  • 11/10/11 Eligibility Determination of Foster Children - WI Department of Children and Families Memo to counties and tribes
  • 8/19/11 Determining Eligibility for Meal/Milk Benefits: Foster Care, Kinship Care and Adoption Assistance Fact Sheet - DPI Guidance
  • 3/16/2011 SP 17-2011: Child Nutrition Reauthorization 2010: Categorical Eligibility of Foster Children (Revised 1/31/2011 Guidance SP 17-2011 to include Q and A's) Effective: October 1, 2010

• Privacy Protection

  • 2/15/2011 SP 19-2011: Child Nutrition Reauthorization 2010: Privacy Protection and the Use of Social Security Numbers in Child Nutrition Programs - All household applications and supporting materials must be updated to reflect these requirements as soon as possible, but no later than July 1, 2011.

 

HealthierUS School Challenge

• 2/29/2012 Revised HUSSC Criteria USDA Memo
  • Attachment: Revised HUSSC Criteria Chart (Effective July 1, 2012)

Indirect Cost

• 4/27/2011 SP 41-2011: Indirect Cost Guidance (Effective July 7, 2011)
  • Attachment: Indirect Costs Guidance for State Agencies and School Food Authorities

 

Menu Certification

• DPI's Menu Certification Webpage

 

Milk

• 6/21/2011 Water Availability during National School Lunch Program Meal Service and Nutrition Requirements for Fluid Milk - Memo from June Paul, Director School Nutrition Team (Schools are asked to comply with this requirement as soon as possible, but not later than the beginning of School Year 2011-2012.)
• 4/14/2011 SP 29-2011: Nutrition Requirements for Fluid Milk (Schools are asked to comply with this requirement as soon as possible, but not later than the beginning of School Year 2011-2012.)

Nutrition Standards (Meal Pattern Requirements)

• Flexibility for Whole Grain-Rich Pasta in School Years 2014-15 and 2015-16, SP 47-2014, 5/20/14
• Child Nutrition Database Release 18, SP 48-2014, 5/20/14 
• Clarification of the Policy on Food Consumption Outside of Foodservice Area, and the Whole Grain-Rich Requirement, SP-41-2014, 4/21/14
• New Questions and Answers Related to the Certification of Compliance with Meal Requirements for the National School Lunch Program, SP-26-2014, 3/11/14
• 6/13/13 SP 45-2013 - Updated Offer versus Serve Guidance for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program in School Year 2013-2014
  • Attachment: Offer versus Serve Guidance for NSLP and SBP SY 2013-14
• Webinar: Best Practices in Menu Planning: New Meal Pattern Flexibilities - Hear from the USDA and a panel of child nutrition directors from SNA on ways to successfully implement the new meal pattern on all levels.
• Guidance on Flexibility on Maximums for the Meat/Meat Alternate and Grains for School Year 2012-2013
• 12/13/2012 SP 11-2013: FNS Guidance to SFAs: Flexibility in the Meat/Meat Alternate and Grains Maximums for School Year 2012-13
  • 2/25/13 SP 26-2013: Extending Flexibility in the Meat/Meat Alternate and Grains Maximums for School Year 2013-14
• SNT Questions and Answers: School Nutrition Team Child Nutrition Reauthorization Conferences – June 2012
• 12/14/2012  SP 16-2013: Revised Meat/Meat Alternates and Milk Charts in the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
  • Updated Section 1: Meat/Meat Alternates
  • Updated Section 4: Milk
• Questions & Answers on the Final Rule, “Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program" (v.7) Revised 8/7/13, SP 10-2012 
  • Attachment: Questions and Answers on the Final Rule: Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
• Spring 2011 SNT Newsletter Correction: Pop Quiz Answer on the back cover should be '1D: All of the above.' SP 10-2012 Question #3 on page 22 reverses USDA's previous guidance and now allows ¼ cup of fruit and ¼ cup of vegetable to equal the minimum ½ cup for a fruit or vegetable component for a reimbursable meal under offer versus serve. The student would not be required to select additional fruits or vegetables if full portions of two other components are selected.
• 6/25/2013 SP 48-2013: Extending Flexibility for RCCIs in the National School Lunch Program
• 7/16/2012 SP 38-2012: Residential Child Care Institutions exception for safety if serving Multiple Age/Grade Groups
• 7/12/2012 SP 37-2012: Separation of Vegetables/Fruits in the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
  • Revised Section 2: Vegetables and Fruits Section of the USDA Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
  • USDA Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
• 4/26/2012 SP 30-2012: Grain Requirements for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program (Timeline Within)
• 3/13/2012 Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) - Final Rule - Memo from June Paul, Director School Nutrition Team
• Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs Final Rule - Federal Register 7 CFR Parts 210 and 220 (Effective: See Implementation Timeline below)
  • Meal Pattern Table and Meal Pattern Chart Including K-8 Grade Grouping
  • Sodium Limits and Timeline
  • Implementation Timeline for Final Rule
• 6/25/2013 SP 49-2013: Frozen Fruit Products and Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs in School Year 2014-15
• 9/11/2012 SP 20-2012: Frozen Fruit Products and Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
• 2/22/2012 SP 16-2012: Crediting Tofu and Soy Yogurt Products
• Nutrition Standard Resources
• USDA's Food and Nutrition Services Webpage on Nutrition Standards for School Meals
• 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children
• Building Healthy School Lunches Videos -These videos are targeted to various age groups to help to explain the changes. (Iowa Department of Education)
• Making it Count - Designed to enhance your knowledge and strengthen your skills to meet the nutrition needs of students in your school. (Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)

 

Paid Lunch Pricing and Non-Program Food Revenue

 

Non-Program Food Revenue

• Non-Program Food Revenue Tool
• School Food Service Account Revenue from the Sale of Non-Program Foods, SP-13-2014, 12/12/13 
• New Collaboration with State School Business Officials on New Administrative Review Section: Resource Management,SP-56-2013, 8/30/13

School Year 2014-2015

• Paid Lunch Equity: School Year 2014-2015 Calculations and Tool, SP-15-2014, 12/18/13
• Paid Lunch Equity for School Year 2014-15, Memo from Jessica Sharkus, Director School Nutrition Team, 2/7/14
• Paid Lunch Equity Tool School Year 2014-15
• Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) Tool Step by Step Instructions - SY 2014-15 
  • Use these instructions if you plan on increasing the weighted average paid lunch price to meet the requirement. 
  • Use these instructions if you plan on using non-Federal sources to meet the weighted average price requirement.
  • Use these instructions if you plan on increasing the average paid lunch price and contributing non-Federal sources.
  • DPI Paid Lunch Equity Tool to Document use of Non-Federal Funds
• Paid Lunch Equity: School Year 2014-2015 Calculations, SP-01-2014, 11/6/13
• Paid Lunch Equity Exemption Request: School Year 2014-15 

School Year 2013-2014

• Paid Lunch Equity: Additional Guidance for School Year 2013-14, 9/10/13
  • Attachment
• Instructions to Complete your Paid Lunch Price Report, 11/5/13
• 5/20/13 - USDA Updates - Memo from Jessica Sharkus, Director School Nutrition Team
• 4/17/13 - Paid Lunch Equity: Guidance for SY 2013-14
• 3/27/13 - Paid Lunch Equity: School Year 2013-14 Calculations and Tool - Memo from Jessica Sharkus, Director School Nutrition Team
• 2/21/13 - SP 25-2013s Paid Lunch Equity: School Year 2013-14 Calculations and Tool
  • School Year (SY) 2013-14 Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) Tool
    • Use these instructions if you plan on increasing the weighted average paid lunch price to meet the requirement. 
    • Use these instructions if you plan on using non-Federal sources to meet the weighted average price requirement.
    • Use these instructions if you plan on increasing the average paid lunch price and contributing non-Federal sources.
    • DPI Paid Lunch Equity Tool to Document use of Non-Federal Funds
• 1/2/13 - SP 19-2013 - Paid Lunch Equity: School Year 2013-14 Calculations

School Year 2012-2013

• 10/15/12 - Annual Paid Lunch Price Reporting - Memo from Jessica Sharkus, Director School Nutrition Team
• 5/30/12 - Clarification Regarding Paid Lunch Equity and Allowable Non-federal Funding Sources - Memo from June Paul, Director School Nutrition Team
• 4/20/12 - SP 28-2012: Questions and Answers on the Paid Lunch Price Report
• 3/19/12 - SP 22-2012: Paid Lunch Equity: School Year 2012-2013 Calculations and Tool (Effective: July 1, 2012)
  • School Year (SY) 2012-13 Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) Tool
    • Paid Lunch Equity Tool Step by Step Instructions
    • Paid Lunch Equity Tool (Non-Federal Funds) Step by Step Instructions
  • DPI Paid Lunch Equity Tool to Document use of Non-federal Funds
  • DPI Online Paid Lunch Equity Reporting Form
• 3/19/12 - Paid Lunch Equity: Calculations for School Year 2012-13 and Paid Lunch Price Reporting - Memo from June Paul, Director School Nutrition Team
• 2/15/12 - SP 15-2012: Paid Lunch Equity: School Year 2012-2013 Calculations (Effective: July 1, 2012)

School Year 2011-2012

• 5/17/13 - SP-41-2013 - Release of FNS-828 Paid Lunch Price Data for SY 2011-12
  • Paid Lunch Price Data SY 2011-12
• 11/9/2011 - Revised USDA Eligibility Manual for School Meals and Updated Guidance on Paid Lunch Equity and Revenue from Non-Program Foods - Memo from June Paul, Director School Nutrition Team
• 10/24/11 SP 39-2011: Guidance on Paid Lunch Equity and Revenue from Non-program Foods
  • Non-program Food Revenue Tool
• 8/12/11 Paid Lunch Equity and Revenue from Non-Program Foods - Memo from June Paul, Director School Nutrition Team
• 6/17/2011 Federal Register, National School Lunch Program: School Food Service Account Revenue Amendments Related to the Healthy-Huger Free Kids Act
• 6/13/2011 NSLP School Food Service Account Revenue Amendments Interim Rule
  • Paid Lunch Equity (PLE) Pricing Tool
• 3/2/2011 Equity in School Lunch Pricing Fact Sheet (Effective: July 1, 2011)
  • 3/04/2011 Cover letter on USDA's Equity in School Lunch Pricing Memo/Fact Sheet from June Paul, Director School Nutrition Team

Procurement

• 2/23/2012 SP 17-2012: Procurement Questions and Answers to Assist in the Implementation of the final rule titled Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs

Professional Standards

• Summary Table: Professional Standards for All School Nutrition Employees
• Flyer: Professional Standards for All School Nutrition Employees Summary of the Proposed Rule
• Brochure: Professional Standards Brochure for All School Nutrition Employees
• Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, 7 CFR Parts 210 and 235 
• Professional Standards for School Nutrition Personnel Webinar, USDA, February 2014 
• Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
  • Released February 4, 2014, this proposed rule would establish minimum professional standards for school nutrition personnel who manage and operate the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. The proposed rule would also institute hiring standards for the selection of State and local school nutrition program directors; and require all personnel in these programs to complete annual continuing education/training. FNS is accepting written public comments on the proposed operational changes before the comment period closes on April 7, 2014. We encourage states and sponsors to consider the changes and submit comments through regulations.gov. 

 

School Breakfast Programs

• Questions & Answers on the School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern in School Year 2014-2015, SP-43-2014, 4/28/14
• 6/13/13 - SP-28-2013 (v.2) - Questions and Answers on the School Breakfast Meal Pattern in SY 2013-14
  • ​Attachment: Questions and Answers on the School Breakfast Meal Pattern in SY 2013-14
• 2013-2014 Breakfast Resources:
  • Breakfast Meal Pattern Table 
  • Breakfast Fact Sheet
  • Menu Planning Templates (North Carolina Department of Public Instruction)
  • Fruit and Vegetable Fact Sheet (Indiana Department of Education)
  • Grain Based Desserts at Breakfast and Lunch
• 4/17/2012 - SP 26-2012: Formulated Grain Fruit Products (Effective July 1, 2012, School Year 2012-2013)
• 6/15/2011 - SP 40-2011: Outreach to Households on the Availability of the School Breakfast Program (Effective beginning in the School Year 2011-2012.)
  • 8/2/2011 - Memo from June Paul, Director School Nutrition Team
  • Breakfast Outreach Resources

Summer Food Service Program

• Summer Food Service Program
• 2014 Edition of Questions and Answers for the National School Lunch Program's Seamless Summer Option, SP 39-2014, 4/21/14

Water Availability

• Water Access in Schools Toolkit - CDC and NPAO
• 6/21/2011 Water Availability during National School Lunch Program Meal Service and Nutrition Requirements for Fluid Milk - Memo from June Paul, Director School Nutrition Team
• 7/12/2011 (Replaces 4/12/2011 memo) SP 28-2011: Water Availability During National School Lunch Program Meal Service (Schools are asked to comply with this requirement as soon as possible, but not later than the beginning of School Year 2011-2012.)
• Water Availability Resources

Wellness Policies

• Flyer: Local School Wellness Policy Implementation Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010: Summary of the Proposed Rule
• 9/2/2011 Local School Wellness Policies 5‐Year Technical Assistance and Guidance Plan
• 8/25/11 Local School Wellness Policies Memo from June Paul, Director School Nutrition Team
• 7/8/2011 SP 42-2011: Local School Wellness Policies (LEAs should begin reviewing their local wellness policies during School Year 2011-2012 and, to the extent practicable, begin moving forward on implementing the new requirements.)

Other Resources

• Disaster Response, SP 46-2014, 5/19/14 
• Sharing Aggregate Data to Expand Program Access and Services in Child Nutrition Programs, SP-42-2014, 4/24/14 
• Determining Eligibility for Two Cent Differential Reimbursement in New School Food Authorities, SP 30-2014, 4/10/14 
• Breakfast Outreach
  • USDA FNS editable resources for outreach
  • USDA document that contains two editable letters to parents that can accompany the free and reduced price meal application.
• 1/29/13 SP 21-2013 - Family Friendly Applications
• Nutrition Standard Resources
  • USDA and NFSMI's New Meal Pattern Training Resource
  • Vegetables
    • Vegetable Subgroup Chart
    • 2010 Dietary Guidelines Food Group Listing Including Vegetable Subgroups
  • 2/2/12 - New Healthier School Meal Standards: What You Need to Know - The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) and USDA webinar on what you need to know about the new nutrition rule, implementation timeline, and process. Hear an award-winning school food service leader share strategies for success. Key action steps are identified and resources are shared. PowerPoint Presentation
  • 2/1/12 - The New School Meal Patterns: What You Need to Know - The School Nutrition Foundation (SNF), in partnership with the School Nutrition Association (SNA), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Webinar.
  • 8/31/11 - Understanding the Proposed School Meal Patterns - School Nutrition Association Webinar
  • 8/24/11 - Best Practice: Menu Changes to Meet the New Proposed Meal Patterns - School Nutrition Association Webinar
    • Minnesota Department of Health - Great Trays Program
  • 8/18/11 - Dietary Guidelines for Americans - 2010 - DPI SNT Webcast
• Certification Tool Review and Approval Material for Alternates to USDA Prototype
• Water Availability Resources
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Water Access in Schools Webpage