The San Marcos Unified School District maintains a contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to sponsor free and reduced-priced breakfasts and lunches. This program is to ensure that students are able to take full advantage of their education by having nutritious meals available.
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Online Payment FAQ
With current national attention being focused on children's health and wellness issues, San Marcos Unified School District's Child Nutrition Services Department is excited to be among the districts in the state to provide parents a convenient, easy and secure online prepayment service to deposit money into your child's school meal account at any time. This service also provides parents with the ability to view their child's account balance through the website SchoolCafé.
NOTICE TO BENEFICIARIES AND PROSPECTIVE BENEFICIARIES
Name of Organization: San Marcos Unified School District
Name of Program: Child Nutrition Services Contact Information for Program Staff: Naomi Shadwell, 760-752-1253, [email protected]
Because this program is supported in whole or in part by financial assistance from the Federal Government, we are required to let you know that:
(1)We may not discriminate against you on the basis of religion, a religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a refusal to attend or participate in a religious practice;
(2)We may not require you to attend or participate in any explicitly religious activities(including activities that involve overt religious content such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization) that are offered by our organization, and any participation by you in such activities must be purely voluntary;
(3)We must separate in time or location any privately funded explicitly religious activities(including activities that involve overt religious content such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization) from activities supported with direct Federal financial assistance; and
(4)You may report violations of these protections, including any denials of services or benefits by an organization, by contacting or filing a written complaint with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Center for Civil Rights Enforcement, Program Complaint Division by mail, fax, or e-mail at:
Mail:
United States Department of Agriculture Director, Center for Civil Rights Enforcement1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250-9410
Fax: (202) 690-7442
Email: [email protected]
(5)If you would like to seek information about whether there are any other federally funded organizations that provide these kinds of services in your area, please contact California Department of Education, Nutrition Services Division.
This written notice must be provided to you before you enroll in the program or receive services from the program, unless the nature of the service provided, or exigent circumstances make it impracticable to provide such notice before we provide the actual service. In such an instance, this notice must be provided to you at the earliest available opportunity.