2025 Minnesota Statutes

124D.119 SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM AND CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.

Subdivision 1.Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program aid.

State funds are available to compensate school food authorities who gather student data for the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program. Reimbursement shall be made by December 15 based on the number of pupil units eligible during the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program eligibility year on a pro rata basis.

Subd. 2.Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program sponsor organizations.

Legally distinct Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program sites may transfer sponsoring organizations no more than once per year, except under extenuating circumstances including termination of the sponsoring organization's agreement or other circumstances approved by the Department of Education.

Subd. 3.Child and Adult Care Food Program training.

Prior to applying to sponsor a Child and Adult Care Food Program site, a nongovernmental organization applicant must provide documentation to the Department of Education verifying that staff members have completed program-specific training as designated by the commissioner.

Subd. 4.Summer Food Service Program training.

Summer Food Service Program providers, including new applicants, must comply with all applicable federal training requirements for their staff.

Subd. 5.Summer Food Service Program locations.

Consistent with Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, part 225, the Department of Education must not approve a new Summer Food Service Program open site that is within a half-mile radius of an existing Summer Food Service Program open site. The department may approve a new Summer Food Service Program open site within a half-mile radius only if the new program will not be serving the same group of children for the same meal type or if there are safety issues that could present barriers to participation.

History:

1Sp1997 c 4 art 6 s 13; 1998 c 397 art 7 s 164; 1998 c 398 art 6 s 26; 2013 c 116 art 7 s 3; 2023 c 55 art 9 s 5; 1Sp2025 c 10 art 9 s 6,7