What’s New with School Nutrition WebinarTuesday, April 8

Agenda• USDA Memos• Joint Agreement Updates• Community Eligibility Provision• Proposed Rule: Local Wellness Policy• Procuring Local Foods Resource• Record Keeping Timeline• Training

• Smart Snacks Webinar• Menu Cert Workshop• Summer Training Dates

Memo SP 28-2014Paid Lunch Equity: Guidance for

School Year 2014-15

◦State Agencies may offer PLE exemptions for 14-15’ SY for SFAs with a strong financial standing

◦PLE exemption form will be available on the SNT website soon

Memo SP 29-2014Consolidated Appropriations Act

Report Language on Waivers for School Breakfast and Smart Snacks

USDA will not be providing waivers for the School Breakfast and Smart Snacks requirements that go into effect on July 1, 2014

Memo SP 30-2014Determining Eligibility for Two

Cent Differential Reimbursement in New Schools

This memo provides guidance on new schools interested in receiving the two cents differential.

Independent Review of Applications All LEAs with 10% or more

certification/benefit issuance errors found during an AR are required to conduct a second review of meal applications

LEAs are notified by June 30, 2014

A report is submitted to the state

Joint Agreement Updates

Conflict in meals service calendars

USDA Foods◦Per Meal Price including the use of

USDA Foods◦Modified Crediting for SFAs using

FMSCsMinor edits

Vended Meals Agreement UpdatesAmendment to Renew Vended

Meals AgreementConsumer Price Indexes (CPI)USDA FoodsMinor edits

Community Eligibility Provision

An alternative to collecting household applications for free and reduced price meals in high poverty schools

LEAs, schools or group of schools must have an Identified Student Percentage of 40% or more to participate

The list of eligible and near eligible LEAs is now available on our website at: http://fns.dpi.wi.gov/fns_cep

The school listing will be available by May 1, 2014

Wellness Policy Proposed Rule

PE Teachers and School Health Professionals can participate in the LWP – (new!)

Goals for LWP need to include nutrition promotion – (new!)◦ Should use evidenced-based strategies

New policy for food & beverage marketing – (new!)

Comment period open through April 28, 2014

New Guide: Procuring Local Foods for Child Nutrition Programs Guide

Procurement fundamentalsWhere to find local productsWays to purchase localMany resource topics:

◦ Solicitation ◦ Purchasing Cooperatives◦ Donated Food◦ Geographic Preference

Feedback can be directed to Christina.Conell@fns.usda.gov

Production RecordsA friendly reminder that

production records must be kept for all meals served, indicating all food items, including milk and condiments.

USDA says, “If it’s not on the production record, it didn’t happen”.

Record Keeping – 5 years!

You are invited!Smart Snacks WebinarApril 17th 2:00 pm

◦Introduce regulations◦Time for questions

On the day of the webinar, you can use this link: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2012293&password=M.A41811A524F5A421AFF98F5A1E3A2D

We will also post this link on our training webpage at the date gets nearer http://fns.dpi.wi.gov/fns_snt_training

Menu Certification Workshop

Plum City High SchoolThursday, May 22nd 1:00pm – 6:30pm

907 Main StreetPlum City, WI 54761

Contact Molly Gregory to register

Molly.Gregory@dpi.wi.gov

School Nutrition Skills Development Courses (SNSDC)June 24-26

◦ WausauJuly 8-10

◦ RhinelanderJuly 15-17

◦ OshkoshJuly 22-24

◦ La CrosseJuly 29-31

◦ Milwaukee and MadisonAugust 5-7

◦ Madison

Any questions?

Thanks for ParticipatingThe next What’s New with School

Nutrition webinar is Tuesday, May 13 at 2:00pm.

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