SNP AR Prereview Training

Course Description

The School Nutrition Program (SNP) Administrative Review (AR) Prereview Training provides an overview of the AR and shares tips, strategies, and best practices for a successful AR. This training is designed to provide valuable information to help sponsors prepare for their AR. Content includes meal access and reimbursement, meal pattern and nutritional quality requirements, resource management, and general compliance areas, common AR findings, and overall strategies and solutions.

This online course consists of 6 mandatory modules and 2 modules that are only mandatory if they apply to a sponsor’s operations. Completion of this required training is only recorded after the submitting an attestation.

• Course Number: 123
• Total Training Length: 6.5 hours
• Certificate: Available at the end of the training
• Target Audience: Food Service Directors or related staff
• Mandatory: Yes
• Cost: Free
• Date Recorded: September 2023

Online Courses

• Module 1 – Overview of the Administrative Review Process (Required)
  
  
• Module 2 – Meal Access and Reimbursement (Required)
  
  
• Module 3 – Meal Pattern and Nutritional Quality (Required)
  
  
• Module 4 – Resource Management (Required)
  
  
• Module 5 – General Program Compliance, Part 1 (Required)
  
  
• Module 6 – General Program Compliance, Part 2 (Required)
  
  
• Module 7 – Other Federal Program Reviews (Required if Applicable)
  
  
• Module 8 – Special Provision Options (Required if Applicable)

Referenced Resources

The following resources are referred to throughout this online course:

Module 1

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Administrative Review(AR) Manual (AR Manual) in the Child Nutrition Information and Payment System (CNIPS) Download Forms
  
  
• Administrative Review Off-site Assessment Tool Guidance (SNP 58 AR) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• California Department of Education (CDE) Course 639: Learning about the Off-site Assessment Tool
  
  
• CDE School Nutrition Programs Administrative Review web page
  
  
• Toolbox for School Food Authorities (SFA) checklist (SNP 60 AR) in the CNIP Download Forms

Module 2

• USDA 2017 Eligibility Manual for School Meals (Manual Eligibility) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• CDE SNP Verification Materials web page
  
  
• Meal Count and Collection Procedures (MCCP) Worksheet (SNP 03) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  

Module 3

• FNS Sodium Limit Chart (under the first dropdown section, titled What are the current requirements for sodium?)
  
  
• MB SNP-03-2022 Transitional Meal Standards SY 2022-23 and 2023-24
  
  
• CDE Residential Child Care Institution Food Based Menu Planning Certification Exception Submittal (SNP 30) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• CDE Menu Production Record Forms web page
  
  
• Menu Planning Quick Reference - UM QR-Menu Planning in CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• Menu Production Records Quick Reference - UM QR-MPR in CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• CDE Information Required on MPR web page
  
  
• CDE Breakfast Meal Pattern (Grades K-12) web page
  
  
• CDE Lunch Meal Pattern (Grades K-12) web page
  
  
• CDE NSLP and SBP Meal Patterns web page
  
  
• CDE Course 131: School Breakfast Meal Pattern Requirements
  
  
• CDE Course 226: School Lunch Meal Pattern Requirements
  
  
• Taste of California Standardized Recipe Challenge Grant Request for Applications Handbook (DOCX)
  
  
• USDA Whole Grain Resource for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs PDF document (PDF)

• USDA FNS Crediting Tip Sheets in Child Nutrition Programs for all 5 meal components
  
  
• USDA FNS Offer Versus Serve Materials
  
  
• USDA Offer Versus Serve Guidance for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program (PDF)
  
  
• USDA Nutrient Analysis Protocols Manual (PDF)

Module 4

• Net Cash Resources Calculator Tool (SNP 57) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• Meal Equivalents and Cost Allocation Worksheet (SNP 65) CNIPS Dowload Forms
  
  
• MB SNP-06-2014: Documenting Employee Time and Effort in the SNPs
  
  
• MB SNP-04-2018: Equivalent Documentation for Multifunded Employees

• USDA Paid Lunch Equity Tool (USDA 2023–24 PLE Tool) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• MB SNP-02-2021: Paid Lunch Equity Exemption Guidance
  
  
• MB SNP-04-2021: Pricing of Adult Meals in the NSLP/SBP

• USDA Nonprogram Foods Revenue Calculator Tool (USDA Nonprogram Foods Calculator) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• USDA Nonprogram Foods Tool (SNP Nonprogram Foods Tool) in the CNIPS Dowload Forms
  
  
• MB SNP-07-2020: Cafeteria Funds—Indirect Costs
  
  
• CDE Procurement in Child Nutrition Programs web page
  
  
• Cafeteria Fund Questions: Resource Management Unit Email: SNPCAFEFUNDQUESTIONS@cde.ca.gov
  
  
• Accounting and California School Accounting Manual Questions: School Fiscal Services Division Email: SACSINFO@cde.ca.gov
  
  
• Procurement Resources Unit email: NSDprocurementreview@cde.ca.gov
  

Module 5

• SNP Site Monitoring Review Form (SNP 22) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• USDA Nondiscrimination Statement (English)
  
  
• USDA Nondiscrimination Statement (Spanish)
  
  
• Policy Memo CRD 01-2022: Application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Program Discrimination Complaint Processing – Policy Update
  

• USDA Complaint form
  
  
• NSD Civil Rights and Complaint Procedures (DOCX)
  
  
• SNP Site Monitoring Review Form (SNP 22) in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• MB SNP-13-2017: Local School Wellness Policy Final Rule--Revised
  
  
• MB SNP-11-2015: Competitive Foods and Beverages
  
  
• MB SNP-09-2019: Federal & State Competitive Food Rule Update
  
  
• MB SNP-07-2017: Aligning CA and Federal Competitive Food Rules
  
  
• Professional Standards Quick Reference – UM QR-Professional Standards in CNIPS Download Forms
  

• CDE Course 410: Civil Rights and Complaints
  
  
• CDE Local School Wellness Policy web page
  
  
• CDE Smart Snacks-Competitive Foods and Beverages web page
  
  
• CDE Professional Standards web page
  
  
• Sample training tracking tool - Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool (usda.gov)
  
  
• And Justice for All Posters Requests: AJFAPosters@cde.ca.gov
  
  
• CDE Professional Standards email: ProfessionalStandards@cde.ca.gov

Module 6

• Buy American Provision Exception Documentation Instructions (PRU10a) in the Download Forms section of the CNIPS
  
  
• Buy American Certification and Nondomestic Log for Micropurchases (PRU10b) in the Download Forms section of the CNIPS
  
  
• CDE Procurement in CNPs web page
  
  
• CDE Food Safety web page
  
  
• Guidance for School Food Authorities: Developing a School Food Safety Program Based on the Process Approach to HACCP Principles (PDF)
  
  
• MB SNP 05-2019: Food Safety Certification Requirements
  
  
• NSDBuyAmericanProvision@cde.ca.gov
  
  
• CDE Senate Bill 490 and Assembly Bill 778 web page
  
  
• CDE Course 712: Part 7: Buy American Provision for SNPs
  
  
• USDA Policy Memo SP 38-2017: Compliance with the Enforcement of the Buy American Provision in the National School Lunch Program
  
  
• CDE Supply Chain Assistance Funds web page
  
  
• SNP Task Checklist in the CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• CDE Summer Meal Service Sites web page
  
  
• CDE CA Meals for Kids Mobile Application web page

Module 7

• USDA AR Manual (Manual AR) in the Download Forms section of the CNIPS
  
  
• MB CNP-05-2015: Food Consumption Outside the Foodservice Area (Traveling Apple Policy)
  
  
• CDE Seamless Summer Option (SSO) web page
  
  
• CDE SSO Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) web page
  
  
• The USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Handbook (DOCX)
  
  
• CDE Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program User Manual for Claiming in the CNIPS
  
• Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Email: ffvp@cde.ca.gov

Module 8

• CDE Provisions: Claiming Alternatives web page
  
  
• CDE Community Eligibility Provision web page
  
  
• Policy Statement Addendum – Provision 2 Implementation – New Cycle (SNP 13) in CNIPS Download Forms
  
  
• USDA Provision 2 Guidance National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs (PDF)
  
  
• USDA Community Eligibility Provision Planning and Implementation Guidance (PDF)
  
  
• MB SNP-02-2022: CEP Application and Increasing ISP
  

Crediting

• Crediting: 6.5 hour(s)
• Key Area: Administration (3000)
  • Training Topic: Program Management (3200), 3300 Financial Management
    • Learning Objective: AR Preparation (3260)

For more information on crediting, see the USDA web document Professional Standards Learning Objectives (PDF).

Additional Information

For more information regarding SNP AR, see the CDE SNP AR web page.

Contact Us

If you have technical difficulties or questions regarding the course content, please contact the PRT Workgroup by email at PRTQuestions@cde.ca.gov.