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COMMUNITY ELIGIBLITY PROVISION (CEP)

Explore the advantages and disadvantages of implementing the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) at Crescent School, a potential loss of $10,000, and the impact on students in different grade levels.

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COMMUNITY ELIGIBLITY PROVISION (CEP)

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  1. COMMUNITY ELIGIBLITY PROVISION (CEP) Should we or shouldn’t we?

  2. What is CEP? An alternative to household applications for free and reduced lunches – all students in qualifying CEP schools are offered meals at no charge. • Crescent qualifies in the middle and high school combined. • Counted separately, only the high school qualifies. • Middle school (6-8) does not qualify by itself. • Elementary (K-5) does not qualify. • To qualify, we count the total students are are directly certified vs. total students

  3. How CEP Might Impact Crescent PROS CONS Elementary (K-5) students would still have to pay for lunches unless qualifying as free/reduced through either an application or direct cert We would have to collect Family Income Surveys from all middle & high school student households for other grant qualifiers (OPHC already does this) Families with both Elementary and High/Middle might have to do both a Free/Reduced Application AND an an Income Survey The school stands to lose up to $10,000 because our percentage of directly certified students is relatively low • Middle and High School Students would eat for free • We can go off CEP at any time (may not recommend going off CEP mid-year) • More students would likely eat – participation would go up Another Option • We could opt to do just the high school (grades 9-12) at a higher claiming percentage than middle/high (6-12) – our loss would potentially be much less

  4. How CEP could cost $10,000 • Families paid $19,950 this year for lunches. Of that, approximately 57% is from students in grades 6-12, resulting in $11,372 (lost revenue) • We stand to gain approximately 2% from state and federal reimbursements (approximately $1,206 gain in revenue) • Net loss: $10,166

  5. Other Factors • Under CEP, participation would go up, adding to the cost of food but also reimbursements per meal. $10,000 is a rough estimate, and would likely change based on participation alone, hopefully for the better. • Schoolwide (no OPHC), our participation rates are as follows: • Free 53-70% • Reduced 73-94% (only 15 students total) • Paid 24-33%

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