Yes, complete as CEP LEA (Do not report direct Yes, complete as certifications in CEP LEA Section 3 for (Report the students On or before the last CEP schools. Not Required in CEP schools operating day of October Instead use matched with SNAP FNS-834 to on FNS-834, Data report SNAP Element #3.) matches for special provision schools.) Yes Yes, complete Yes, complete as last operating day of as standard standard counting & October counting & claiming LEA claiming LEA How should CEP LEAs report information on the FNS-10? October data under CEP can be reported on the FNS-10. The free claiming percentage currently used under CEP (ISP times 1.6) in the LEA/school should be applied to the current October enrollment number to estimate the number of children approved for FREE lunches to report in 15a. CEP LEAs will not report REDUCED PRICE data in 15b. If CEP is elected after October 31, the LEA should follow standard reporting procedures using data from household applications. Residential Child Care Institutions (RCCIs) Are Residential Child Care Institutions (RCCIs) with day students eligible to elect CEP? No, by law, RCCIs are not eligible to elect CEP [42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)(F)(ii)(cc)]. Independent Review of Applications Is an LEA that elects CEP subject to the independent review of applications even though only direct certification will be conducted in the relevant school year? No, only those districts that collect applications can be required to conduct a second review of applications. If an SFA elects CEP and does not collect applications, they would not be required to conduct an independent review of applications. Student Charges
On or before the last operating day of October Not Required Yes, complete as CEP LEA (Do not report direct certifications in Section 3 for CEP schools. Instead use FNS-834 to report SNAP matches for special provision schools.) Yes, complete as CEP LEA (Report the students in CEP schools matched with SNAP on FNS-834, Data Element #3.) last operating day of October Yes Yes, complete as standard counting & claiming LEA Yes, complete as standard counting & claiming LEA How should CEP LEAs report information on the FNS-10? October data under CEP can be reported on the FNS-10. The free claiming percentage currently used under CEP (ISP times 1.6) in the LEA/school should be applied to the current October enrollment number to estimate the number of children approved for FREE lunches to report in 15a. CEP LEAs will not report REDUCED PRICE data in 15b. If CEP is elected after October 31, the LEA should follow standard reporting procedures using data from household applications. Residential Child Care Institutions (RCCIs) Are Residential Child Care Institutions (RCCIs) with day students eligible to elect CEP? No, by law, RCCIs are not eligible to elect CEP [42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)(F)(ii)(cc)]. Independent Review of Applications Is an LEA that elects CEP subject to the independent review of applications even though only direct certification will be conducted in the relevant school year? No, only those districts that collect applications can be required to conduct a second review of applications. If an SFA elects CEP and does not collect applications, they would not be required to conduct an independent review of applications. Student Charges
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