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School Meals for the 2026-27 School Year

What Families Can Expect This Fall

Eugene School District 4J remains committed to ensuring that every student has access to nutritious meals during the school day. As we prepare for the 2026–27 school year, there will be some changes to how meals are offered through Nutrition Services.

This page outlines what those changes mean for your student and your family.

Meals Remain Free for All Students

All students will continue to receive:

  • One breakfast each school day at no cost
  • One lunch each school day at no cost

No application is required.

Changes to Meal Service

Beginning this fall, the Nutrition Services program will operate differently in order to align with available funding. Families may notice the following changes:

Portioning and Meal Access

  • Meals will move away from an “all you care to eat” model.
  • Each student will receive one complete breakfast and one complete lunch per day at no cost.

Additional Items

  • Second servings (such as an additional entrée or meal) will be available for purchase.
  • Additional milk beyond what is included with a meal will also be available for purchase.

Menu and Food Offerings

Our team will continue to serve meals that meet USDA nutrition standards, ensuring students receive balanced and healthy options each day.

At the same time, families should be aware of the following changes:

  • Menu offerings will be more standardized across schools.
  • Specialized menu options (including regular gluten-free or vegetarian alternatives as equal daily choices) will be more limited than in previous years.

Meal Accommodations

Nutrition Services will continue to support students with medically necessary dietary needs.

If your child requires a meal accommodation:

  • A Medical Statement for Meal Accommodation must be completed and signed by a licensed healthcare provider.
  • This documentation must be on file with the district in order for accommodations to be provided.

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We encourage families who may need accommodations to begin this process as soon as possible to ensure supports are in place at the start of the school year.

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Nondiscrimination Statement

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: Filing a Program Complaint as a USDA Customer webpage, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 Complaint form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

  1. mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
  2. fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
  3. email  

This institution is an equal opportunity provider

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day. The program was established under the National School Lunch Act, signed by President Harry Truman in 1946.

De acuerdo con la ley federal de derechos civiles y las normas y políticas de derechos civiles del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA), esta entidad está prohibida de discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo (incluyendo identidad de género y orientación sexual), discapacidad, edad, o represalia o retorsión por actividades previas de derechos civiles.

La información sobre el programa puede estar disponible en otros idiomas que no sean el inglés. Las personas con discapacidades que requieren medios alternos de comunicación para obtener la información del programa (por ejemplo, Braille, letra grande, cinta de audio, lenguaje de señas americano (ASL), etc.) deben comunicarse con la agencia local o estatal responsable de administrar el programa o con el Centro TARGET del USDA al (202) 720-2600 (voz y TTY) o comuníquese con el USDA a través del Servicio Federal de Retransmisión al (800) 877-8339.

Para presentar una queja por discriminación en el programa, el reclamante debe llenar un formulario AD-3027, formulario de queja por discriminación en el programa del USDA, el cual puede obtenerse en línea en: https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource-files/usda-program-discrimination-complaint-form-spanish.pdf, de cualquier oficina de USDA, llamando al (866) 632-9992, o escribiendo una carta dirigida a USDA. La carta debe contener el nombre del demandante, la dirección, el número de teléfono y una descripción escrita de la acción discriminatoria alegada con suficiente detalle para informar al Subsecretario de Derechos Civiles (ASCR) sobre la naturaleza y fecha de una presunta violación de derechos civiles. El formulario AD-3027 completado o la carta debe presentarse a USDA por:

  1. correo:  U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW  Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; o

        2. fax: (833)256-1665 o (202) 690-7442; o
        3. correo electrónico: program.intake@usda.gov

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