State Reduces Reimbursement for Lunch and Breakfast Programs
The State Education Department’s Office of Child Nutrition has notified the Huntington School District that it can expect a loss of funds in the new school year after a two percent reduction in the state reimbursement rate for the school lunch and breakfast program.
The rate change is contained in this year’s state budget language. “The budget language specifically states that such reimbursement shall be limited to 98 percent of the state reimbursement rates that were applicable in the 2007-08 school year,” wrote Frances N. O’Donnell, coordinator of the state program, in a letter to district officials.
While the change will cost Huntington less than $1,000, school officials still weren’t happy to learn about it, saying it reflects another example of state shifting new burdens onto the backs of local property taxpayers.
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