Community Eligibility Provision Slider Tool | Food and Nutrition Service

Summary

Enter your Identified Student Percentage (ISP) to estimate free and paid claiming percentages under the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). The ISP for a school, group of schools, or school district, multiplied by the CEP multiplier (1.6) determines the percentages of meals reimbursed at both the federal free rate and paid rates under CEP.

To Use the CEP Slider Tool

Enter an identified student percentage. To calculate the ISP, divide the number of identified students by the number of enrolled students, and multiply by 100. Press the “enter” key. The slider tool will calculate and display free and paid claiming percentages.
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Slide the carrot left and right to the desired ISP to reveal the free and paid claiming percentages.

Insert ISP here: (25-100, to 2 decimal places): %

Percentage of Meals Claimed at the Free Rate: ISP x 1.6 (capped at 100%):

Percentage of Meals Claimed at the Paid Rate:

Note: Grace Year eligibility is not addressed in this resource. Please see the definition of Grace Year below for more information.

Definitions

Ineligible to elect CEP— School districts, groups of schools, or individual schools with ISPs less than 15 percent are not eligible to elect CEP. Individual schools with ISPs less than 15 percent may be able to participate in CEP as part of a group, if the group’s ISP is at least 25 percent.
CEP Eligible — School districts, groups of schools, or individual schools with ISPs of 25 percent are eligible to elect CEP.
CEP Eligible, all meals reimbursed at free rate — School districts, groups of schools, or individual schools with ISPs of 62.5 or higher receive the free reimbursement rate for all reimbursable meals.