Related Resources
General Guidance |
Crediting Foods
Meal Counting and Claiming |
Meal Pattern Requirements for School Meals
General Guidance
- Child Nutrition Sharing Site (Institiute of Child Nutrition)
- Operational Memoranda for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Program Guidance for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- School Lunch Tray and Table Talk (CSDE webpage)
Crediting Foods
- Crediting Documentation for the Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (USDA)
- Yield Study Data Form for the Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
Meal Counting and Claiming
- Meal Counting and Claiming for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Requirements for Classroom Meals in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- Requirements for Field Trip Meals in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
Meal Pattern Requirements for School Meals
- Certification of Meal Pattern Compliance for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Meal Pattern Training for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Menu Planning for Shorter or Longer Weeks (CSDE)
- USDA Memo SP 05-2022: Meal Requirements Under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Questions and Answers for Program Operators Updated to Support the Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Effective July 1, 2022
- USDA Memo SP 39-2019: Clarification on the Milk and Water Requirements in the School Meal Program
- USDA Memo SP 06-2007: Fluid Milk and Other Food Components/Menu Items in Reimbursable Lunches
- Vegetable Subgroups in the NSLP (CSDE)
- Vegetables at Breakfast ("Vegetables Component" section of CSDE's Crediting Foods in School Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Weekly WGR Percentage of School Menus (must be at least 80 percent WGR)
- Calculating the Weekly Percentage of Whole Grain-rich Menu Items in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Instructions for the Worksheet to Calculate the Weekly Percentage of Whole Grain-rich Menu Items in the School Nutrition Programs for Grades K-12 (CSDE)
- Worksheet to Calculate the Weekly Percentage of Whole Grain-rich Menu Items in the Meal Patterns for Grades K-12 (CSDE)