The CFPB’s latest focus on consumer fees is targeting payment processors for school lunches. The CFPB says that families who choose to purchase school lunches are being forced to pay fees to companies that process their...more
On July 25, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report on the costs and potential risks to families using electronic payment platforms to load money to their children’s school lunch accounts. The...more
On July 25, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released an Issue Spotlight focusing on the fees associated with electronic payment platforms used by school districts to process school lunch payments. In...more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) recently issued a final rule to update its school nutrition standards, requiring changes to school meal programs starting in the 2025-2026 school...more
For several years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) has been working to revise the dietary requirements for the National School Lunch Program (“NSLP”) and other federally funded school meal programs. On February 7,...more
The 2022 Regular Session of the Connecticut General Assembly concluded on May 4, 2022. The following is a brief description of acts that were passed by the General Assembly that may be of interest to Connecticut’s K-12...more
On May 5, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) announced an update to its complaint processing policy. FNS will now interpret the prohibition on sex discrimination as...more
USDA recently issued a final rule establishing transitional nutrition standards for sodium, whole grains, and fluid milk in school meals. The new standards will take effect for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school year. USDA...more
Effective April 12, 2018, Education Law § 908, entitled “Prohibition against meal shaming,” was added as part of the budget to require all public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in New York state...more
Has your district finished its 2016 homework? Is the date June 30, 2017, circled on your calendar? If not, maybe it should be because June 30, 2017, is the deadline by which all local educational agencies that participate...more