Show School Administrators Hear Hot Lunch Federal Policy Cluff Chuff Snow Utah state stale director of school hot lunch met with wills Uintah District Dis school principals and administrators tors Monday to explain the new program of school lunches THE MAJOR change in the school hot lunch program concerns the free ree and reduced price policy for needy families Mr Snow pointed out The Secretary of Agriculture has arrived arrived ar ar- rived at a criteria to determine the eligibility of the reduced reduced re reo price plan as follows Income scale of the family number of children children child child- ren attending school and eating lunch and the total number of children in the family From this information a special local committee decides the eligibility of the families for free lunches EACH FAMILY will be sent an application cation to fill out to apply for the new federal free lunch eligibility policy It was reported at the meeting that the hot lunches In the Uintah District last year cost an average of 47 41 cents each The state contributes six cents per meal from irons the state liquor tax the federal government pays six cents in cash and 10 cents in commodities the student pays either cither 25 or 30 cents and the district pays the balance BECAUSE OF the federal assistance the district must comply with the new Dew regulation to provide free and reduced prices to ever one ever one who is eligible as set down by th Q |