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Date Message Sent Subject Sent By
2/3/2006  RIDE - annual Lunch Audit  Dr. Ken Gu - SEA 
Detailed information including instructions about this audit has been posted at: https://www.eride.ri.gov/doc/lunchAudit06.pdf This letter and the instruction package will be mailed on Monday Feb-6th to Business Managers, Principals, and Administrators of Public and Private Non-Profit Schools. According to 7 CFR Part 245 of the Federal Regulations, the Department of Education, Office of School Improvement and Support Services, must monitor Verification Requirements for the National School Lunch, School Breakfast and After School Snack Programs each year. Verification is defined as confirmation of eligibility for free and reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and After School Snack Program. Your schools conducted and completed Verification in December and have been awaiting instructions from us regarding reporting the results. Last year, we created new forms to be used to report and summarize the results to our office. The report forms and instructions are very similar to last year but were revised to reflect changes in verification procedures implemented this year. These forms and instructions are enclosed. School principals/building administrators should send completed School Verification Summary Report form(s) (Form RI-Ver1 and RI-Ver2, if necessary) for their school to the Business Manager’s Office. Business Managers are requested to use the enclosed School Food Authority Summary Report form (Form RI-FNS742) to compile the data from each school. Once the data from the schools/sites is tabulated, please return the School Food Authority Summary Report to our office. RIDE has created an electronic version of the School Verification Summary Report that is accessible through eRIDE under the title, Lunch Audit. If you are submitting this data electronically, you will need to log on to eRIDE, click on the Lunch Audit icon, select your school then enter and save the data. We ask district data managers to ensure your staff have appropriate access to this new Lunch Audit application in their eRIDE portal. It is critical that all schools/sites under your authority provide this data. Please submit the School Food Authority Summary Report form (Form RI-FNS742) on or before March 15, 2006. Your cooperation in the collection of this important data is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions or need technical assistance for reporting Verification results, please call me at 222-8936, or e-mail at stephen.carey@ride.ri.gov.