Free and Reduced-Price Lunch

To apply for free or reduced-price school meals and help our school qualify for additional education funds and discounts, please complete the Application for Educational Benefits and return to the District Service Center. In addition, if eligible for free or reduced-price school meals, you are also eligible for free bus transportation. In order for Nutrition Services to share your eligibility status with the Transportation Department, please complete the Transportation Bus Fee registration form.

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST REAPPLY EACH SCHOOL YEAR

If you have questions or need help, call the Nutrition Services Department at 952-401-5034.

Applications are processed at the District Service Center. We aim to process applications received on the same day. You will receive a letter in the mail within 10 business days regarding your status. Your benefits begin on the day your application is processed.

Please return your application directly to:

Minnetonka Nutrition Services
5621 County Road 101
Minnetonka, MN 55345
Fax: 952-401-5092

Even though one Breakfast and one Lunch meal will be offered free to students each school day, completing the Application for Educational Benefits may qualify your family for other discounts such as: Bus Transportation Fee(s) waived, Reduced internet fees, Reduced ACT/IB/AP testing fees and discounted cell phone rates through your provider to name a few. Our District benefits from your eligibility too!

Frequently asked questions about free and reduced-price lunches:

How do I get an application in another language?

Who can get Free or Reduced-Price School Meals?

Children in households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), and foster, homeless, migrant and runaway children can get free school meals without reporting household income. Or children can get free school meals if their household income is within the maximum income shown for their household size on the instructions.

I get WIC. Can my children get free meals?

Should I fill out an application if I got a letter this school year saying my children were directly certified for Free Meals based on data from the Minnesota Department of Human Services?

Do not fill out an Application for Educational Benefits if all of your children have been directly certified for Free School Meals. If only some of your children were directly certified, you can add your students to the letter that you receive from Nutrition Services and send a copy back to the District Service Center to apply for your children who were not directly certified.