
Orinda Union SD | BP 3551 Business and Noninstructional Operations
Food Service Operations/Cafeteria Fund
Contracts with Outside Services
With Board of Trustees approval, the district may enter into a contract for food service consulting services or management services in one or more district schools. (Education Code 45103.5; 42 USC 1758; 7 CFR 210.16)
(cf. 3312 - Contracts)
(cf. 3600 - Consultants)
With Board of Trustees approval, the district may enter into a contract with a private company that enables a school to operate a franchise offering fast food items for sale to students. The franchise agreement and food purchases shall be subject to the competitive bidding requirements of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
Meal Sales
The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that a student whose parent/guardian has unpaid school meal fees or a student who is enrolled in the free or reduced-price meal program is not overtly identified by the use of special tokens, tickets, or other means and is not shamed or treated differently. (Education Code 49557, 49557.5)
(cf. 0410 - Nondiscrimination in District Programs and Activities)
(cf. 0415 - Equity)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
38080-38086.1 Cafeteria, establishment and use
38090-38095 Cafeterias, funds and accounts
38100-38103 Cafeterias, allocation of charges
42646 Alternate payroll procedure
45103.5 Contracts for management consulting services; restrictions
49490-49493 School breakfast and lunch programs
49500-49505 School meals
49550-49564.5 Meals for needy students, especially:
49550.5 Universal breakfast
49554 Contract for services
49580-49581 Food recovery program
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CODE
58595 Preference for California-grown agricultural products
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
113700-114437 California Retail Food Code
PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE
2000-2002 Responsive bidders
20111 Contracts
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
15550-15565 School lunch and breakfast programs
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 42
1751-1769j School lunch programs
1771 1793 Child nutrition, including:
1773 School breakfast program
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, TITLE 2
200.56 Indirect costs, definition
200.317-200.326 Procurement standards
200.400-200.475 Cost principles
200 Appendix VII Indirect cost proposals
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, TITLE 7
210.1 210.33 National School Lunch Program
220.1 220.22 National School Breakfast Program
245.8 Nondiscrimination practices for students eligible for free and reduced price meals and free milk
250.1-250.70 USDA foods
Management Resources:
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MANAGEMENT ADVISORIES
0701.00 Adult and Sibling Meals in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, No. 00-111
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
California School Accounting Manual
Food Distribution Program Administrative Manual
Paid Lunch Equity Requirement and Calculation Tool-Updated Guidance for School Year 2019-20 NSD Management Bulletin, SNP11-209, May 2019
Professional Standards in the SNP and New Hiring Flexibility, NSD Management Bulletin, SNP-10-2019, April 2019
Senate Bill 250: Child Hunger Prevention and Fair Treatment Act of 2017 and USDA Meal Charge Policy Requirements, NSD Management Bulletin, SNP-05-2018, January 2018
Storage and Inventory Management of U.S. Department of Agriculture Foods, NSD Management Bulletin, FDP-01-2018, January 2018
Unpaid Meal Charges: Local Meal Charge Policies, Clarification on Collection of Delinquent Meal Payments, and Excess Student Account Balances, NSD Management Bulletin, SNP-03-2017, April 2017
Procuring and Monitoring of Food Service Management Contracts, NSD Management Bulletin, SNP-13-2015, January 2015
Cafeteria Funds--Allowable Uses, NSD Management Bulletin, NSD-SNP-07-2013, May 2013
Adult and Sibling Meals in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, NSD Management Bulletin, 00-111, July 2000
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PUBLICATIONS
School Meals- FAQs
Compliance with and Enforcement of the Buy American Provision in the National School Lunch Program, SP 38-2017, June 2017
Overcoming the Unpaid Meal Challenge: Proven Strategies from Our Nation's Schools, SP 29-2017, May 2017
Unpaid Meal Charges: Guidance and Q&A, SP 23-2017, March 2017
Indirect Costs: Guidance for State Agencies and School Food Authorities SP 60-2016, September 2016
Unpaid Meal Charges: Local Meal Charge Policies, SP 46-2016, July 2016
Discretionary Elimination of Reduced Price Charges in the School Meal Programs, SP 17-2014, January 2014
WEB SITES
California Department of Education, Nutrition Services Division: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu
California School Nutrition Association: http://www.calsna.org
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service: http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd
Policy ORINDA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: April 7, 2008 Orinda, California
revised: March 11, 2019
revised: August 12, 2019
revised: May 11, 2020