Application of Educational Benefits

The Minnesota Free School Meals program provides state reimbursement to schools that participate in the National School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program. Our schools already offer healthy meals each day. All in-person students can get one breakfast and one lunch free of charge while at school — and no application is required.

Single-item purchases are not included in the Minnesota Free School Meals Program. Some examples include:

• A second carton of milk
• Snack items
• Second entrée
• A second breakfast or a second lunch
• A la carte Items

For your student to purchase these items families should open an account through Wordware/Edutrak or PowerSchool and deposit funds into the student’s meal account.

Daily breakfast and lunch menus for all schools in the district can be accessed online via our My School Menus page. From there, you can:

• View menus in Spanish, Somali and more than 150 other languages
• See ingredient and nutrition information
• Print menus to use at home
• Build-A-Meal to see nutrition facts
• Create customized meals
• Identify your child's allergies and dietary preferences

Watch a video about how to access the menus and features. 

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.  Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at:  http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

Mail

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

Fax

(202) 690-7442

Email

program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.