Agenda Item
i. School Nutrition Services (SNS) Adult Meal Price Increase SY25-26
Summary: Presented by: Mr. Erick Hofstetter, Chief Operating Officer, Division of Operations
Request: It is requested that the DeKalb County Board of Education (“the Board”) approve the Adult Meal Price Plan for the DeKalb County School District Nutrition Program effective SY25-26.
Why: Approval of the Adult Meal Price Increase for SY 25-26 will ensure that DeKalb County School Nutrition Services (SNS) complies with the USDA/State Code of Federal Regulations 210.6 and 220.6 and the recent audit recommendation provided by the State to ensure SNS revenue is available to maintain a positive operating balance.
Details: The expressed purpose of federal assistance is to safeguard the health and well-being of the Nation’s children, therefore, meals served to adults are neither eligible under the authorizing legislation and regulations for federal cash reimbursement, nor do they earn donated food assistance for the school food authority.
Breakfasts and lunches served to teachers, administrators, and other adults must be priced so that the adult payment in combination with donated foods is sufficient to cover the overall cost of the adult breakfast and lunch.
The minimum adult payment should reflect the price charged to students paying the school’s designated full price, plus the current value of federal reimbursement and donated food assistance for full price meals.
Meals served to these adults may not be claimed for reimbursement or counted towards the donated foods entitlement.
Financial impact: There is no impact to the General Fund. School Nutrition Services is an enterprise or self-sustaining entity which generates revenue based on meal participation and supplemental sales.
Contact: Mr. Erick Hofstetter, Chief Operating Officer, Division of Operations (678) 676-1470
Dr. Connie R. Walker, Executive Director of School Nutrition Services, Division of Operations, (678) 676-1780
Effective: Upon Board Approval
Status: Approved by the Office of Legal Affairs
Chronology of Agenda Item
SNS Adult Meal Price Increase SY25-26
Scope:
Adult Meal Price Increase for the 25-26 SY.
Approval Request
Approval is sought to increase the Meal prices for Adult Breakfast and Lunch. The
price increase will comply with the policy on pricing of meals served to adults under
the National School Lunch, Commodity School and School Breakfast Programs in
participating schools and institutions which claim reimbursement under Sections 4
and 11 of the National School Lunch Act and Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act.
Additional information can be found in the following documents:
• Pricing of Adult Meals in National School Lunch and School Breakfast
Programs
Background:
To comply with the USDA /State Compliance Code of Federal Regulations 210.3 and
220.6 and the recent audit recommendation by State, school district must ensure
that that the Federal reimbursements, children’s payments, and other non-
designated nonprofit food service revenues do not subsidize program meals served
to adults.
Additionally, the increase in adult meal prices is comparable to similar Atlanta metro
area school district price increases. This information can be found in the following
documents:
• Preliminary Report of Findings – DeKalb findings 2025 – Adult Meal Price
• Metro Districts Meal Prices SY 2025-2025 rev. 2