DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 50
October 26, 2007
ADMINISTRATIVE
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Billy K. Cannaday, Jr. Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
School
Breakfast Program - State Funding Incentive Payment for Increased Student
Participation in 2006-2007 |
The
General Assembly provided $1,060,971 in fiscal year 2008 as an incentive to
improve the level of student participation in school breakfast programs. This incentive funding is available to any
school division that increases its breakfast participation above the baseline
established in school year 2003-2004 (base year). Each school divisions baseline is unique to
its base year breakfast participation.
The level of funding is $0.20 per meal served above the baseline number
of meals served per student for each division.
The
current fiscal years payment for the breakfast program is based upon the prior
school years participation data. For
fiscal year 2008, the actual participation from school year 2006-2007 was
compared to the base year to determine the level of funds earned by each school
division. The attached spreadsheet
(Attachment A) demonstrates this calculation for each school division.
School
breakfast program participation in 2006-2007 was 24.5 percent greater than the
base year participation and was nearly five percent greater than the 2005-2006
participation. The current fiscal year
2008 appropriation is not sufficient to fully fund the fiscal year 2008 payments
to school divisions at $ 0.20 per meal. The
Department of Education will reimburse school divisions at a pro-rated rate in
October. In the event additional funds
are not made available during the year, the pro-rated payment will remain
unchanged. The attached spreadsheet (Attachment
A) also provides, in the final column, the pro-rated incentive payment that
will be made to each school division.
The
state breakfast incentive funds will be paid via electronic data interchange (EDI)
on October 31, 2007. This payment will
appear on the EDI notice as State School Breakfast Incentive Funds revenue
source code 240347.
Funds
received by school divisions for this program must be credited to the school
nutrition program and may not be used for any other purpose. The school nutrition program financial
reports submitted to the Department of Education will be monitored to determine
compliance with this provision.
Attachment
B to this memorandum is a certification statement that must be returned to the
Department of Education no later than December 3, 2007. Signing and submitting this statement
completes the documentation required to participate in this program. Any school division that receives these state
funds but does not complete the certification form and does not reflect the
deposit of such funds to the school nutrition program account in their
semi-annual financial statement submitted to the department in January 2008, will
be required to either return the funds directly to the department or the funds
will be recovered through a deduction from a future payment for Basic Aid. This certification statement should be
submitted, no later than December 3, 2007, to:
Lynne Fellin
Acting Director of School Nutrition Programs
Department of Education
Please
direct requests for technical assistance or resources regarding the school
breakfast program to Lynne Fellin, acting director of school nutrition programs,
or the divisions assigned school nutrition specialist at (804) 225-2074. Questions regarding the school breakfast funding
formula should be directed to the budget office staff at (804) 225-2025.
BKCJr/LAF/idl
Attachments
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/superintendents_memos/2007/adm050a.pdf
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/superintendents_memos/2007/adm050b.pdf