- Meal Charge Procedures
USDA’s Unpaid Meal Charges Website
Policy Guidance
- SP23-2017: Unpaid Meal Charges: Guidance and Q&A (with additional IDOE guidance)
- SP 46-2016: Unpaid Meal Charges: Local Meal Charge Policies
- SP 47-2016: Unpaid Meal Charges: Clarification on Collection of Delinquent Meal Payments
USDA Resources
- Excess Balance Letter and Donation Form
- Meal Charge Policy Training Template
- Overcoming the Unpaid Meal Challenge: Proven Strategies from Our Nation’s Schools
- Talking Points for SFAs
- Unpaid Meal Charges Fact Sheet
Preventing School Lunch Shaming
Indiana Resources
- Pricing Guidance
- Paid Lunch Equity (PLE)
PLE Tool SY 2024-2025
- PLE Tool Step by Step Instructions
- PLE Tool SY 2024-2025
- PLE Tool Attestation Statement for PLE Tool Exemption: SFA must have a positive or zero balance in the nonprofit school service account as of June 30, 2023.
- PLE Tool Information and training Walk-through 2024-2025 SP 14-2024
- PLE Tool USDA PLE Tool Memo SP 14-2024
- PLE Guidance from USDA 2024-2025
- PLE Tools Flowchart SY 2024-2025
- PLE Tool Common Questions and Answers
- Revenue from Non-Program Foods
- Non-Pricing Guidance
- Reimbursement Rates
- PLE Archive
PLE Tool SY 2023-2024
- PLE Tool Step by Step Instructions
- PLE TOOL SY 2023-2024
- PLE Tool Attestation Statement for PLE tool Exemption: SFA must have a positive or zero balance in the nonprofit school service account as of June 30, 2022
- PLE Guidance from USDA 2023-2024
- PLE Tool Common Questions and Answers
PLE Tool SY 2022-2023
- PLE Tool SY 2022-2023
- Paid Lunch Equity Waiver Approval
- PLE Guidance from USDA SY 2022-2023
- PLE Tool Q&A 2022-2023
- Guidance on Paid Lunch Equity SP 39-2011. 10/24/2011
PLE Tool SY 2021-2022
PLE Tool SY 2020-2021