Requirements and Implementation

General Guidance | Exam Fee Reductions and Waivers
Title 1 and E-rate Guidance | Recordkeeping Requirements

General Guidance

• CEP (USDA website)
• CEP Department of Education Title I Guidance: The Community Eligibility Provision and Selected Requirements Under Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, As Amended (Revised March 2015)
• CEP Factsheet (USDA)
• CEP Reimbursement Estimator (USDA)
• CEP Resource Center (USDA)
• CSDE Letter to Superintendents (August 29, 2014): Community Eligibility Provision - A New Optional School Meals Reimbursement Initiative

Exam Fee Reductions and Waivers

• Advanced Placement (AP) Exams (College Board)
• Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Fee Waivers (College Board)
• American College Testing (ACT) Fee Waiver Eligibility Requirements and Procedures 2023–2024

Title 1 and E-rate Guidance

• USDA Memo SP 10-2023: Updated Title I Guidance for Making Within District Allocations
• USDA Memo SP 08-2015: Updated E-Rate Guidance for Schools Electing Community Eligibility

Recordkeeping Requirements

• USDA Guide: Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Planning and Implementation Guidance (refer to page 58)
• USDA Memo SP 08-2024: Community Eligibility Provision: Planning and Implementation Guidance - Updated
• USDA Memo SP 09-2024: CEP Guidance and Frequently Asked Questions
• USDA Memo SP 10-2024: CEP: Statutory Annual Notification and Publication Requirements and School Year 2024-25 Election Deadline
• USDA Memo SP 11-2024: CEP: State Agency Procedures to Ensure Identified Student Percentage Accuracy