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Special Provisions

School food authorities (SFAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) operating under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) have special certification and reimbursement alternatives available known as special provisions. Under these provisions, eligible sponsors and schools apply to the state agency for approval. Schools with a very high percentage of children eligible for free and reduced price meals are most likely to benefit from these provisions.





Community Eligibility Provision

Schools adopting the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) are reimbursed based on the percentage of students directly certified for free meals through SNAP, Medicaid Free, Foster Care, Migrant Education, or McKinney-Vento.


To reduce burden on LEAs, ODE CNP has streamlined data collection. LEAs submit primary source documents to ODE CNP, which conducts the matching process and returns a file to the sponsor for review and final validation. See "Getting Started with CEP" below for step-by-step instructions.​

Current Participants (LEAs & Sites):

SY 2025-26 CEP Participation Reports​​

End of Cycle Notification:​

Sites in the final year of their CEP agreement are listed on a separate tab in the participant list. CEP agreements expire June 30, and SFAs must complete a new election to continue participation.

Eligibility Notification:

Notification data is for informational purposes only and does not confer eligibility. Proxy data does not reflect the total number of identified students.​​

Eligible Sponsors and Sites for SY 2026-202​7​​​

Student Success Act

The Oregon Community Eligibility Provision Incentive (CEPI) Reimbursement Program is a state-funded initiative available to public SFAs operating CEP under a 56.25% identified student percentage, supplementing federal reimbursements so that up to 90% of meals are reimbursed at the federal free rate for both breakfast and lunch (SBP/NSLP)​.

Reimbursement Goal

For SY 2026-27, the supplement goal remains at 90%. Identified student percentages (ISPs) less than 56.25% (multiplied by 1.6 = 90% federal free rate) will be receiving the CEPI supplemental funding.​

Resources

​CEP Election Due Date: June 30th of current SY

LEAs interested in the CEP must complete the steps outlined in the data collection instructions and file templates linked below.​

Provision 2

Provision 2 allows school(s) to serve meals to participating children at no charge, reduces application burdens to once every 4 years, and simplifies meal counting and claiming procedures by allowing a school to receive meal reimbursement based on base year claiming percentages.