Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Lunch Program/Breakfast Program

• Adult Meals, Pricing of, in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
• Beverage and Snack Agreements
• Beverage and Snack Contracts, Exclusive
• Construction of School Lunch Facilities (pdf)
• Denying Meals and Milk to Children, Prohibition Against as Disciplinary Measure
• Dietary Guideline Fact Sheet - Fruit (pdf)
• Dietary Guideline Fact Sheet - Grains (pdf)
• Dietary Guideline Fact Sheet - Milk (pdf)
• Dietary Guideline Fact Sheet - Meeting the Challenge of Rising Food Costs (pdf)
• Dietary Guideline Fact Sheet - Vegetables (pdf)
• Food Management Company; Contract Procedures
• Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value and Competitive Foods
• Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value, Sales and Food Service Area
• Foods of Minimal Nutritional Value, Exemption List (pdf)
• Free & Reduced Price Meal Eligibility Information Released - Limited Disclosure Policy
• Grain-Fruit Products, Listing of Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) Approved Formulated Products
• Hamburger, USDA Advises Using a Thermometer
• Head Start Eligibility (pdf)
• Homeless Children in the National School Lunch Program
• Meal Tickets; Handling Lost, Stolen and Misused
• Plastic Cards; Lost and Stolen Ticket Policy
• Special Dietary Needs of Children
• State Medicaid, MC+ for Kids (pdf)
• Vegetable Protein Products, Implementation Guidance on the Modifications and Use in the School Meals Programs

After School Care Snack Program

• Snack Program Information and Requirements
• Snack Program, Reimbursement Rates, 2005-2006
• Snack Program, Meal Pattern
• Snack Program, Creditable Foods (pdf)

Donated Foods

• Disaster Relief/Summer Storage
• Use and Sale of Commodities in Local Education Agencies

Procurement

• Applying Geographic Preferences in Procurements for the Child Nutrition Programs (pdf)
• Debarment and Suspension (pdf)
• Guidelines for Procurement Standards on Commodity Processed Items (pdf)
• Federal Procurement Rules - 3016 & 3019 (pdf)
• Missouri Procurement Rules - Chapter 34
• Office of Management & Budget - circular A-87
• Procurement Requirements for National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Special Milk Programs (pdf)
• USDA Procurement Questions and Answers