Laws/Regulations
- Laws and Regulations for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE webpage)
- Nondiscrimination Statements: USDA and CSDE (CSDE webpage)
Meal Pattern Legislation
- Final Rule: Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (89 FR 31962)
- Final Rule: Marketing and Sale of Fluid Milk in Schools (74 FR 38889)
- Final Rule: Modification of the Vegetable Protein Products Requirements for the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Summer Food Service Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program (65 FR 12429)
- Final Rule: Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs (77 FR 4088)
- Final Rule: Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium (87 FR 6984)
- Final Rule Correction: Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium (87 FR 52329)
- USDA Memo SP 04-2022 and CACFP 04-2022: Question and Answer Guidance on the Final Rule Child Nutrition Programs: Transitional Standards for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Effective July 1, 2022
- USDA Memo SP 19-2024, CACFP 07-2024, and SFSP 12-2024: Initial Implementation Memorandum: Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- National School Lunch Program Regulations: 7 CFR 210 (USDA)
- School Breakfast Program Regulations: 7 CFR 220 (USDA)
USDA Memos
- USDA Memo SP 17-2025: Reimbursement for Off-Site Meal Consumption
- USDA Memo SP 15-2025: Enhancing Child Nutrition Program Meal Standards
- 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 31-2015, CACFP 12-2015, and SFSP 14-2015: Guidance on Prohibition of Separation by Gender during CNP Meal Service
- USDA Memo SP 36-2015, CACFP 17-2015, and SFSP 19-2015: Voluntary Menu Labeling in the NSLP and SBP
- USDA Memo SP 42-2015, CACFP 19-2015, and SFSP 21-2015: Service of Traditional Foods in Public Facilities