Eligibility Data must not be viewable in electronic school records programs/database to any district staff because the purpose of Free/Reduced benefits is to provide meals to eligible students. IV. USDA Confidentiality Disclosure Reference Recipient of Information What May Be Disclosed Requirements Programs under the National School All eligibility information Prior notice and consent not required Lunch Act or Child Nutrition Act (SFSP, CACFP) Federal/State or local means tested Eligibility status only Prior notice and consent not required nutrition programs with eligibility standards comparable to the NSLP Federal education programs Eligibility status only Prior notice and consent not required State education programs Eligibility status only notice and consent not required administered by a State agency or local education agency Local education programs NO eligibility information, Must obtain written unless parental consent is obtained parental/guardian consent Medicaid or the State children’s health All eligibility information, unless Must give prior notice to parents and insurance programs (SCHIP), parents elect not to opportunity for administered by a State or local have information disclosed parents to decline to have their agency authorized under titles XIX or information disclosed XXI of the Social Security Act to identify and enroll eligible children State health programs other than Eligibility status only consent not required Medicaid/SCHIP, administered by a State agency or local education agency Federal health programs other than NO eligibility information, Must obtain written Medicaid/SCHIP unless parental consent is obtained parental/guardian consent Local health program NO eligibility information, unless Must obtain written parental consent is obtained parental/guardian consent Comptroller General of the United All eligibility information Prior notice and consent not States required for purposes of audit and examination Federal, State or local law enforcement All eligibility information Prior notice and consent not required officials investigating alleged violations of any of the programs under the NSLA and CNA or investigating violations of any of the programs that are authorized to have access to names and eligibility status
Eligibility Data must not be viewable in electronic school records programs/database to any district staff because the purpose of Free/Reduced benefits is to provide meals to eligible students. IV. USDA Confidentiality Disclosure Reference Recipient of Information What May Be Disclosed Requirements Programs under the National School Lunch Act or Child Nutrition Act (SFSP, CACFP) All eligibility information Prior notice and consent not required Federal/State or local means tested nutrition programs with eligibility standards comparable to the NSLP Eligibility status only Prior notice and consent not required Federal education programs Eligibility status only Prior notice and consent not required State education programs administered by a State agency or local education agency Eligibility status only notice and consent not required Local education programs NO eligibility information, unless parental consent is obtained Must obtain written parental/guardian consent Medicaid or the State children’s health insurance programs (SCHIP), administered by a State or local agency authorized under titles XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act to identify and enroll eligible children All eligibility information, unless parents elect not to have information disclosed Must give prior notice to parents and opportunity for parents to decline to have their information disclosed State health programs other than Medicaid/SCHIP, administered by a State agency or local education agency Eligibility status only consent not required Federal health programs other than Medicaid/SCHIP NO eligibility information, unless parental consent is obtained Must obtain written parental/guardian consent Local health program NO eligibility information, unless parental consent is obtained Must obtain written parental/guardian consent Comptroller General of the United States for purposes of audit and examination All eligibility information Prior notice and consent not required Federal, State or local law enforcement officials investigating alleged violations of any of the programs under the NSLA and CNA or investigating violations of any of the programs that are authorized to have access to names and eligibility status All eligibility information Prior notice and consent not required
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