County, Berea school meal costs increase 5 cents

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August 15, 2012

County, Berea school meal costs increase 5 cents

By Ronica Shannon Register News Writer The Richmond Register Wed Aug 15, 2012, 12:45 AM EDT

RICHMOND — Madison County students returning to school this year will be paying five cents more for their regular-priced breakfasts and lunches.

The price boosts apply only to students and adults who pay full price for their lunches. Students who receive free-or-reduced-cost lunches based on their families’ incomes and will not be affected.

For Madison County Schools, regular-priced breakfast increased from $1.05 to $1.10, and regular-priced lunch went from $2.10 to $2.15.

Adult breakfast prices went from $1.70 to $1.75 and lunch increased from $3.10 to $3.15. Reduced-priced breakfasts and lunches remain at 30 cents and 40 cents, respectively.

The cost of a regular-priced breakfast for Berea Community students jumped from $1.20 to $1.25. Regular-priced lunches increased from $1.80 to $1.85.

Reduced-priced breakfasts remain at 30 cents for students and reduced-priced lunch remains at 40 cents.

Adult breakfasts increased from $1.70 to $1.75, and adult lunches went from $2.50 to $2.75.

The price boosts were mandated to bring school districts into compliance with the federal 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, a law designed to ensure students receive healthy, nutritional school meals that include fresh fruit and vegetables.

The act requires school lunch prices be roughly equal to the government reimbursement schools receive for students on free-and-reduced lunch.

Madison County expects more increases in the next few years to fully comply with the federal requirement, spokesperson Erin Stewart said.

“I think it’s for the next five years that we will have to make some adjustments,” Stewart said. “We didn’t want to dump it all on people at one time, so we’re doing it incrementally. It’s a nickel this year, it might be 10 cents next year.”

Ronica Shannon can be reached at rshannon@richmondregister.com or 624-6608.

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