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Financial Management-SNP

Financial Management-SNP

School Nutrition Programs (SNP) sponsors must ensure that their programs properly use program funds, are non-profit, and are self supporting. 

Information specific to public schools in Minnesota (on food service accounting) can be accessed at * Minnesota Statutes 124D.111 - Lunch Aid; Food Service Accounting with associated documents at the bottom of this web page.

For comprehensive manuals on school food service management, refer to the following links to the National Food Service Management Institute (NFSMI):

Links to federal regulations on financial management requirements:

* Links to third-party sites are provided as a service to Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) Website visitors. See our disclaimer regarding these sites in our copyright information at the bottom of this page. Links will open in a new browser window.

Adult Meal Prices and Student Reduced-Price Meal Amounts  58Kb (7/16/07)  37Kb (7/16/07)
     Minimum meal prices for adults for 2007-08 and maximum school meal prices to students approved for reduced-price meals - July 2007 memo.
Food Service Fund Accounting for Public Schools  128Kb (6/10/08)  86Kb (6/10/08)
     Summary of federal and state requirements for food service accounting at public schools. Includes a chart with codes used by public schools to report food service revenues and expenditures (Fund 2 - Uniform Financial Accounting and Reporting Standards, or UFARS).
SY2007 District Food Service Financial Reports  409Kb (6/9/08)  651Kb (6/9/08)
     An interactive Excel spreadsheet containing all school district Fund 02 Financial Reports for SY2007. It also includes a State of Minnesota report for comparison.