Nutrition Services Division Management Bulletin |
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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 U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 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 provided in the USDA Eligibility Manual for School Meals, which is available on the USDA School Meals Guidance and Resources web page at https://www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/guidance-and-resources. [Note: the preceding web address is no longer valid, and has been replaced with https://www.fns.usda.gov/cn/eligibility-manual-school-meals].
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.