FNS Documents & Resources

The French translation of the Prototype Application for Free and Reduced Price School Meals and accompanying materials.

Meal pattern chart for the School Breakfast Program

A central resource outlining the USDA Professional Standards requirements for state and local school nutrition professionals.

Meal pattern calculations for short and long weeks. This applies to schools who regularly operate on a shorter or longer weekly cycle.

Professional Standards for school nutrition professionals is a key provision of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The final rule, published March 2, 2015, requires a minimum amount of annual training hours for all state directors of school nutrition programs, state director of distributing agencies, school nutrition program directors, managers, and staff.