| Nutrition Services Division |
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| To: Sponsors of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program, County Superintendents of Schools, Diocesan Superintendents of Schools |
Number: 97-121 |
| Attention: Food Service Directors |
Date: October 1997 |
| From: School Nutrition Programs | |
| Subject: Foreign Exchange Students |
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This Management Bulletin transmits information received from the United States Department of Agriculture on foreign exchange students' eligibility for free and reduced price meals.
School Nutrition Programs receives many questions each year as to whether a foreign exchange student is considered to be a household of one. The answer is "No." A foreign exchange student is considered to be a member of the household in which he or she resides. This policy is consistent with the information given on page 30 of the "Eligibility Guidance for School Meals Manual."
If households in your district believe they are participating in a program having a legislative provision excluding their income when determining eligibility for an exchange student, please obtain as much information as possible about that program and contact your Nutrition Services Division representative or the Field Services unit.
