Community Eligibility Provision

Meals are available at no cost to students ONLY at CEP schools. Children from the same household but at different schools, including non-CEP schools, do not receive the same benefit. Just like some schools have specialty education programs, the cafeteria at each school is unique.

Yes! Families should complete the application for educational benefits like waiving school fees and ensuring full funding of classroom activities. Completing the Free & Reduced-Price Meal Benefits Application is voluntary, however, it is extremely important for families to continue using for full access to public school education funding streams. Each child maintains their own "eligibility" status as a CEP school is not an eligibility status.

Applications are available at every school building in the kitchen or main office, from the Food Service Department, online, or through the Campus Portal.

Please send your application to the Food Service Department:
Food Service Department
1210 Guns Road
Green Bay, WI 54311.
Do not send your application to the State or USDA.

CEP schools have the same food variety as other schools. Students are able to take one complete breakfast and one complete lunch, per day, at no cost. The menu can be reviewed on the NutriSlice website or app.

A la carte is considered 'bonus' and is not part of a reimbursable meal, therefore it is not part of the CEP meal. A la carte is still available at schools and students should have money in their account or cash in-hand to purchase. A la carte purchases cannot create a negative balance on any account.

Reminder: Meal benefits apply only to the reimbursable meal. The reimbursable meal includes milk as one of the offered components. If the student decides to take only milk, this is not a reimbursable meal and the account will be charged for the milk as an a la carte item. Milk will be refused if there are no funds on the account and the student does not have money to pay for the milk carton.

Every child's Food Service account balance remains since a la carte is still available. Refund Forms are available at each school kitchen if you would like a refund of your money. Messaging will continue for balances below $7 and accounts with negative balances.

No. Fees can only be waived for students with a Free or Reduced-Price eligibility. These two programs are different. Families should complete the Free & Reduced-Price Meals Benefit application to determine if they're eligible to receive fees waivers.
 

No. CEP is school specific. Children at CEP schools that transfer to a non-CEP no longer qualify as a CEP student. It is important to complete and submit the Free & Reduced-Price Meals Benefit application if you know your child is transferring to a non-CEP school.

Any schools omitted from the list on this page are not participating in CEP. Only schools participating in the CEP will be listed at the top of this page. The Department and District evaluates data annually to enroll schools into CEP.