FREE & REDUCED MEAL PROGRAM

Children need healthy meals to learn. North Allegheny School District offers healthy meals every school day. Breakfast is available at no charge to students. Lunch costs $2.45 at the elementary schools and $2.85 at the secondary schools. Your child(ren) may qualify for free meals or for reduced price meals. Please remember that you must reapply for free/reduced meals every year, regardless if you were eligible the previous year. There is no deadline for submission of free/reduced applications; you may apply at any time throughout the school year.

During the 2024-25 School Year, all schools participating in the School Breakfast Program (SBP) are to provide free breakfasts for all enrolled students. Additionally, students identified as eligible for reduced-price lunches through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) will not be charged for their meals. 

Applications are processed using a PA access card number.  Pennsylvania has reiterated that medical assistance alone will not qualify a family for free meals.  The district will need to verify (on a PA website) that families applying receive food stamps or cash benefits, and not just medical assistance.  

FREE & REDUCED PRICE SCHOOL MEAL INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

COMPASS provides an easy, convenient, and confidential application for free and reduced meals. Apply at the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Social Services website.

For additional instructions on how to apply, click here.

If your student's school participates in the breakfast program, and your student is eligible for free or reduced meals, it is strongly encouraged that the student participates in the breakfast program.