Teacher of the Year Ceremony
Due to inclement weather, the Teacher of the Year Ceremony has been postponed to December 16, 2025 from 5-7pm. Doors will open at 4pm. The Ceremony will take place at the Bushnell Theater in Hartford, and the order of events will remain the same.

Meal Counting and Claiming for School Nutrition Programs

Monitoring Forms

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations 7 CFR 210.8(a)(1) and 7 CFR 220.11(d)(1) require that prior to February 1 of every school year, each school food authority (SFA) with more than one school must perform at least one on-site review of the meal counting and claiming system and the readily observable general areas of review identified under 7 CFR 210.18(h) in each school operating the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and 50 percent of schools operating the School Breakfast Program (SBP) under its jurisdiction. Schools are defined by 7 CFR 210.2 and include residential child care institutions (RCCIs)