Valerie Crouch, SNSSchool and Community NutritionKentucky Dept of Education

Required for high schoolOther age/grade levels optionalMust offer all 5 lunch componentsMay decline 2 out of the 5 components

Must offer enough for each student to take the full required amount of each component

May prepare less of the least popular choice and more of the more popular choice

Must be set at a single price

Meat/Meat Alternate (M/MA) Fruits (F) Vegetables (V) Grains (G) Fluid Milk (Milk)

Must take a minimum of ½ cup of either fruit, vegetable, or fruit and vegetable combined

Allowed to take smaller portions of the fruit and vegetable components only

The minimum creditable serving size for a fruit or a vegetable is 1/8 cup.

Fish taco includes ¼ c. fresh tomatoes Student selects the fish taco with 8 oz. milk This is not a reimbursable meal since the minimum ½ c. portion of the fruit or vegetable has not been met.

Fish Taco includes ¼ c. tomatoes, ¼ cup black beans, and ¼ c. lettuce

Student selects the fish taco (G,M/MA,V) and 8 oz. milk This is a reimbursable meal since the minimum ½ c. portion of fruit or vegetables has been met.

1. Are there at least three food components? Yes or No

2. If yes, is one a fruit or a vegetable? Yes or No

3. If yes, is it at least half a cup? Yes or No

If you can answer “YES” to each question, then the meal is reimbursable!

Grilled Chicken Wrap 2 oz eq Meat/Meat Alternate

WW Tortilla2 oz Grains

⅛ cup Red/Orange Vegetable⅛ cup Legumes Vegetable

Not Reimbursable!

Hamburger on a WW Bun

2 oz Meat/Meat Alternate1.5 oz eq Grains

Carrots½ cup

Red/Orange Vegetable

Milk 1 cup Milk

Black Bean Salad½ cup

Legumes¼ cup Other Vegetable

Yes, reimbursable!

Use of OVS in the SBP is optional at all grade levels.If a school operates breakfast under OVS:*At least four food items from the food components must be offered; and*All students, at any grade level, must select at least three food items in the applicable minimum required serving size*Beginning in SY 2014-15, one selection must be at least ½ c. of fruit.

Please take the Post Assessment Quiz at this time.

Thank you!Questions regarding this training can be

addressed to: Programmatic Delivery Section of School and Community Nutrition, KDE