FREE+&+REDUCED+LUNCH+AND+FEE+WAIVERS

= ***NOTE:** = =**Highly Confidential Free & Reduced participation and Fee Waiver participation cannot be shared with anyone except "School Staff" that have "signed-off" on Child Nutrition Confidentiality** **Report annually.**=
 * **If in doubt please see the Bookkeeper as she keeps the Child Nutrition Confidentiality Report until end of year**

=__Free and Reduced Lunch__=


 * ALL "students packets" at the beginning of year have a Free and Reduced Application is included
 * Students may apply for and be approved by the Child Nutrition Department at Central Office (__its faster than applying through NEMS because of the "handling and courier__)"
 * **DAILY** teachers must turn in Free and Reduced Applications from students
 * **DO NOT HOLD** applications; Federal Law requires they be processed in a specific timeframe
 * If a student needs an application they can request one from the front office

=__**Fee Waivers (Homeroom teacher must be on form)**__=


 * ALL "students packets" at the beginning of year have a Fee Waiver Request Form included
 * ONLY children APPROVED for Free and Reduced Lunch are APPROVED for Fee Waiver
 * Parents of **"MULTIPLE"** children MUST fill out a **SEPERATE** Fee Waiver Request Form for **EVERY** child
 * Return Fee Waiver Request Forms to the Bookkeeper-__**Verfiy HOMEROOM teacher is on form**__
 * If a student needs an application they can request one from the front office (do not HOLD Fee Waiver Requests)
 * Fee Waivers are not retroactive

=__Fee Waiver Requests/Tranfers from Teachers__=


 * Mid-September Child Nutrition Department at Central Office will send an updated Free and Reduced Roster
 * The Bookkeeper will notfiy you when the Excel Spreadsheet is updated to "request a Fee Waiver Transfer"
 * You cannot "request a Fee Waiver Transfer IF a child paid their fees-that's considered "double dipping"
 * The Excel Spreadsheet will be "color coded" and will have three categories: APPROVED, DENIED AND NOT SUBMITTED
 * NOT SUBMITTED means a child is eligible but has NOT submitted a request for Fee Waiver Form, this is a very confidential and sensitive issue please see the Bookkeeper for more details. Do NOT tell a child, "I know your eligible, just fill out this form" or "I know you're on Free or Reduced Lunch so fill this out and you will be approved" these are UNACCEPTABLE conversations to have about Fee Waiver Request. Again please see the Bookkeeper.
 * When you "Request a Transfer of funds for APPROVED Fee Waiver Students you can:
 * Copy and paste the students **__YOU TEACH__** to another Excel or WORD Spreadsheet and email to Ellen Cline, make sure you **TYPE** on document what **subject you teach and YOUR name with your "sub" account number (ON DOCUMENT). __If you need assistance doing this PLEASE see one of the Bookkeepers.__**
 * Funds are limited for Fee Waivers, each school in the county gets a specific amount