Rewrite CEP grouping rule, eliminate CEP, reject universal free school meals
Mandate would promulgate a CEP rule barring subset school grouping, work with Congress to eliminate CEP, bar summer meals for non-summer-school students, and reject universal free school meals expansions.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 10 (USDA) — School Meals: promulgate rule that only an individual school or whole district—not a subset—may meet 40% CEP criteria; work with lawmakers to eliminate CEP; do not provide summer meals unless students take summer-school classes; restore NSLP/SBP to need-based original intent and reject universal free meals.
Undo plan
1) Preserve CEP where it reduces stigma and admin cost in high-poverty schools.
2) Fix improper grouping via targeted rule without abolishing CEP wholesale.
3) Maintain summer feeding for food-insecure children regardless of summer-school enrollment.
4) Pair integrity reforms with payment-error reduction rather than eligibility cliffs.
5) Verify: child food-security and NSLP error-rate data.