The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 16 : Education

Chapter 027 : TRANSPORTATION AND BOARD

Subchapter 002 : SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS

• § 1261a. Definitions

  As used in this subchapter:

  (1) “Food programs” means provision of food to persons under programs meeting standards for assistance under the National School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1751 et seq. and the Child Nutrition Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1771 et seq., each as amended.

  (2) “School board” means the governing body of a school district responsible for the administration of a public school.

  (3) “Independent school board” means a governing body responsible for the administration of a nonprofit independent school exempt from U.S. income taxes.

  (4) “Approved independent school” means an independent school physically located in Vermont and approved by the State Board of Education under section 166 of this title.

  (5) “Universal meals supplement” means the reimbursement amount paid by the State for the cost of a paid breakfast or lunch under the federal school breakfast and federal school lunch programs.

  (A) For breakfast, the universal meals supplement is a sum equal to the federal reimbursement rate for a free school breakfast less the federal reimbursement rate for a paid school breakfast, using rates identified annually by the Agency of Education from payment levels established annually by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

  (B) For lunch, the universal meals supplement is a sum equal to the federal reimbursement rate for a free school lunch less the federal reimbursement rate for a paid school lunch, using rates identified annually by the Agency of Education from payment levels established annually by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (Added 1969, No. 21, § 1; amended 1991, No. 24, § 11; 2011, No. 58, § 22, eff. May 31, 2011; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 75; 2021, No. 20, § 60; 2023, No. 64, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)