Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Child Nutrition Programs are expected to be administered in accordance with all statutory and regulatory requirements; waivers to the requirements are exceptions. However, Section 12(l) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA), 42 U.S.C. 1760(l), provides USDA...

The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) has scheduled certain special education records to be destroyed for February 10, 2025. Records to be destroyed pertain to special education Written State Complaints, mediations, and due process hearing requests filed between January 1, 2019, and December 31,...

This letter is in response to Alabama State Department of Education's (ALSDE) February 16, 2023, request to provide non-congregate meal service in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the NSLP Seamless Summer Option (SSO) when...

In August of 2022, the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) invited providers to submit information for comprehensive evidence-based, high-dosage tutoring (HDT) products or services to publish a vetted list for local education agencies (LEAs). Studies of tutoring interventions found that on average, tutoring...