The State Department of Education shall promote the community eligibility provision to schools and school districts eligible to participate, and such promotion shall include, but is not limited to, providing official departmental guidance regarding the options available to schools and school districts for implementation and options for school districts in maintaining state aid and federal funds.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 79-10,144

  • Community eligibility provision: means the alternative to household applications for free and reduced-price meals in high-poverty schools enacted in section 104(a) of the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, section 11(a)(1) of the Richard B. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • School: means a school under the jurisdiction of a school board authorized by Chapter 79. See Nebraska Statutes 79-101
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801