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ISBE Resources

• Administrative Handbook Menu Planning Section
• Daily and Weekly Requirement Planning Tool
  • Excel Format
• ​Final Rule: Child Nutrition Program Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium​
  
• Grain Requirement for Child Nutrition Programs​
  
• Offer vs. Serve Training Material
  • Grades K-8
  • Grades 9-12
• Promotional Pamphlet - New Nutrition Standards for School Meals
• Sample Production Records
  • Standard
  • Updated with Vegetable Sub-Groups
• School Meal Pattern PowerPoints
  • National School Lunch Program Meal Pattern and Offer Vs. Serve
  • School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern and Offer Vs. Serve
• Vegetable Subgroups Chart

State Departments of Education Sample Menus

• Iowa
• Kansas
• Ohio

USDA Resources

• A Guide to Smart Snacks in School for SY 2018-19
• Child Nutrition (CN) Labeling Information
• Choose My Plate Healthy Eating Tips
• Exempted Foods List
• Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
• Food Buying Guide Calculator
  
• How Do They Compare? Child Nutrition Programs Meal Pattern Requirements
  
• Implementation Timeline
• Lunch and Breakfast Meal Pattern Chart
• NSLP and SBP Meal Pattern Information - Released January 25, 2012
• Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in Schools
• Offer versus Serve Guidance for NSLP and SBP
  • Offer verse Serve Training Video
• Recipes
  • Institute of Child Nutrition (Formerly NFSMI) Standardized Recipes
  • USDA What's Cooking Mixing Bowl
• Serving Calculations Chart - Short and Long Serving Weeks
  
• School Meals: Healthier School Day Toolkits​
• Sodium Reduction Timeline
• Whole Grain Resource for the NSLP and SBP 
  

On July 29, 2016, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a Final Rule entitled "Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold in School as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010." This final rule is effective September 27, 2016.

IS YOUR SNACK A SMART SNACK?

• Alliance for a Healthier Generation Smart Snacks Product Calculator

ISBE Resources

• IL Administrative Rules - School Food Service (part 305) - Final
• ISBE/ILSNA Developed Worksheet to Determine Foods that May be Sold
• ISBE/ILSNA Developed Guidance Documents
• For School Administrators​
  
• For School Principals
• For School Nutrition Professionals
• For School Wellness Staff
  
• Smart Snacks Presentation - Final Rule - March 2017​
  

USDA Resources

• ​Joint USDA/USDOE on Healthy Nutrition Environments in Schools
  
• Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold - Final Rule
  
• Nutrition Standards for All Foods Sold Information
  
• Questions and Answers Related to Smart Snacks Interim Final Rule​​​

The USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) released the Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel final rule on March 2, 2015. This USDA final rule establishes professional standards for State and local school nutrition programs personnel in regards to hiring for new School Nutrition Programs Directors and establishes required annual training hours for all School Nutrition Programs Employees. The final rule is effective July 1, 2015.

• ISBE - USDA Professional Standards Overview Webinar - Recorded Webinar
  • PowerPoint
• Federal Register - Final Rule, published March 2, 2015
• Question and Answers on the Final Rule "Professional Standards for State and Local School Nutrition Programs Personnel" - SP38-2016
• USDA's Summary of the Final Rule Effective July 1, 2015
• USDA's Professional Standards Online Training Database
  • USDA Guide to Professional Standards for School Nutrition Programs​​