Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)
For the 2024-2025 school year all of Beaverton School District's 53 school sites will provide students with free breakfast and lunch each day through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP).
Free language assistance, auxiliary aids, and/or accommodations are available upon request. Please contact (503) 356-3955 or email NutritionServices@beaverton.k12.or.us.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- What is the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)?
- Who is eligible for free meals?
- Do I need to apply to get free meals?
- What if my student is not a U.S. Citizen? Can they still eat for free?
- How do free meals work at the school?
- Can students have more than one meal if they are still hungry?
- What if a student just wants the entrée or a milk? Can't they just get that for free?
- Can a student still get a school meal if they brought a meal from home?
- If meals are free, why does my student have a negative balance on their account?
- My student has a positive balance on their account. What can I do?
- Additional Resources
- How do I access school fee waivers that I used to get with my Meal Benefits?
What is the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)?
Who is eligible for free meals?
Do I need to apply to get free meals?
What if my student is not a U.S. Citizen? Can they still eat for free?
How do free meals work at the school?
Can students have more than one meal if they are still hungry?
What if a student just wants the entrée or a milk? Can't they just get that for free?
Can a student still get a school meal if they brought a meal from home?
If meals are free, why does my student have a negative balance on their account?
My student has a positive balance on their account. What can I do?
Additional Resources
How do I access school fee waivers that I used to get with my Meal Benefits?
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Nondiscrimination Statement
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant's name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by: mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or email: Program.Intake@usda.gov