Midland ISD expands free school meal program for upcoming school year

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- Midland ISD announced that the free school meal program is expanding and will operate the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast program for the upcoming school year.

According to MISD, the qualifying schools listed below will serve free breakfast and lunch to all children through the Community Eligibility Program, a USDA program that allows eligible schools to serve all students free school meals for the 2024-2025 school year:

• Lamar
• Henderson
• South
• DeZavala
• Bunche
• PK Academy at MC
• Burnet
• Long

According to MISD, before the start of the school year, all of its other campuses will receive free and reduced meal application forms that can be completed in person or online.

MISD also shared a list of frequently asked questions and answers from the school district regarding the CEP and free meal plans, which can be found below: 

Why does my child’s school not qualify for CEP?

Your child’s school did not meet the minimum identified student percentage to qualify for the program. Identified students are obtained from the Texas Department of Agriculture and are referred to as “directly certified” students. Usually these students participate in another qualifying program such as SNAP, Medicaid, homeless, migrant, or runaways. Th...