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A.<\/span> As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Identified student<\/span>” means any student who is directly certified for free meals through means other than the use of an individual household application.

\t\t\t“Identified student<\/span>” includes (i) any student who is directly certified for free meals based on the student’s participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or based on Medicaid income data and (ii) any homeless, runaway, migrant, or Head Start student, or any foster child, who is approved as categorically eligible for free meals by means other than a meal application.

\t\t\t“Identified student percentage<\/span>” means the fraction, expressed as a percentage, that results from dividing the number of identified students<\/span> enrolled in a public elementary<\/span> or secondary school by the total number of students enrolled in such school. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Each school board<\/span> that governs a local school division that contains any public elementary<\/span> or secondary school that has a minimum identified student percentage<\/span> of 40 percent in the prior school year and is consequently eligible to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) administered by the U.S. Department<\/span> of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) shall apply to FNS to participate in CEP for each such school, pursuant to FNS guidelines, by submitting (i) identified student data to FNS by April 1, unless an extension is in effect and (ii) its completed application to FNS by June 30, unless an extension is in effect. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any school board<\/span> from grouping elementary<\/span> or secondary schools in the local school division and applying to FNS to participate in CEP for such group of schools. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The Superintendent<\/span> for Public Instruction shall issue<\/span> a waiver<\/span> to the requirement set forth in subsection B in the sole circumstance that an evaluation of a school or group of schools that is eligible to participate in CEP determines that participation in CEP is not financially viable to such school or group of schools. The Department<\/span> of Education shall develop a process and criteria for considering such waivers<\/span>, including a process and criteria for conducting such CEP evaluations. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION (\u00a7 22.1-207.4:1)\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Identified student” means any student who is directly certified\nfor free meals through means other than the use of an individual household\napplication.\t\t\t“Identified student” includes (i) any student who is\ndirectly certified for free meals based on the student’s participation in\nthe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Temporary Assistance for\nNeedy Families (TANF) or based on Medicaid income data and (ii) any homeless,\nrunaway, migrant, or Head Start student, or any foster child, who is approved as\ncategorically eligible for free meals by means other than a meal\napplication.\t\t\t“Identified student percentage” means the fraction,\nexpressed as a percentage, that results from dividing the number of identified\nstudents enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school by the total number\nof students enrolled in such school.\n\nB. Each school board that governs a local school division that contains any\npublic elementary or secondary school that has a minimum identified student\npercentage of 40 percent in the prior school year and is consequently eligible\nto participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) administered by the\nU.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) shall apply to\nFNS to participate in CEP for each such school, pursuant to FNS guidelines, by\nsubmitting (i) identified student data to FNS by April 1, unless an extension is\nin effect and (ii) its completed application to FNS by June 30, unless an\nextension is in effect.\n\nC. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any school board from\ngrouping elementary or secondary schools in the local school division and\napplying to FNS to participate in CEP for such group of schools.\n\nD. The Superintendent for Public Instruction shall issue a waiver to the\nrequirement set forth in subsection B in the sole circumstance that an\nevaluation of a school or group of schools that is eligible to participate in\nCEP determines that participation in CEP is not financially viable to such\nschool or group of schools. The Department of Education shall develop a process\nand criteria for considering such waivers, including a process and criteria for\nconducting such CEP evaluations.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 2.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}