LAC 28:CXXXI.703. Child Nutrition Program Supervisor

A. For certificates issued July 1, 2020 and beyond, minimum eligibility requirements: 1. LEAs with a student enrollment of 2,499 or less: a. at least 8 hours of food safety training is required either not more than five years prior to the date of employment or completed within 30 calendar days of the date of employment; and i. a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent educational experience, with an academic major or concentration in food and nutrition, food service management, dietetics, family and consumer sciences, nutrition education, culinary arts, business, or a related field; or ii. a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent educational experience, with any academic major or area of concentration, and either a state-recognized certificate for school nutrition directors or at least one year of relevant food service experience; or iii. an associate’s degree, or equivalent educational experience, with an academic major or concentration in food and nutrition, food service management, dietetics, family and consumer sciences, nutrition education, culinary arts, business, or a related field, and at least one year of relevant school nutrition program experience; or iv. a high school diploma or state-issued high school equivalency credential and three years of relevant food service experience; 2. LEAs with a student enrollment of 2,500 - 9,999: a. at least 8 hours of food safety training is required either not more than five years prior to the date of employment or completed within 30 calendar days of the date of employment; and i. a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent educational experience, with an academic major or concentration in food and nutrition, food service management, dietetics, family and consumer sciences, nutrition education, culinary arts, business, or a related field; or ii. a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent educational experience, with any academic major or area of concentration, and a state-recognized certificate for school nutrition directors; or iii. a bachelor’s degree in any academic major and at least two years of relevant school nutrition program experience; or iv. an associate’s degree, or equivalent educational experience, with an academic major or concentration in food and nutrition, food service management, dietetics, family and consumer sciences, nutrition education, culinary arts, business, or a related field, and at least two years of relevant school nutrition program experience; 3. for Child Nutrition Program supervisors in LEAs with a student enrollment of 10,000 or more: a. at least 8 hours of food safety training is required either not more than five years prior to the date of employment or completed within 30 calendar days of the date of employment and: i. a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent educational experience, with academic major or concentration in food and nutrition, food service management, dietetics, family and consumer sciences, nutrition education, culinary arts, business, or a related field; or ii. a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent educational experience, with any academic major or area of concentration, and a state-recognized certificate for school nutrition directors; or iii. a bachelor’s degree in any major and at least five years of experience in management of school nutrition programs. B. Renewal Guidelines. Valid for one year and renewable each year thereafter upon presentation of completion of 12 hours of annual continuing education/training. The annual training must include, but is not limited to, administrative practices including training in school meal application, certification and verification, and meal counting and claiming procedures, as applicable, and any other specific topics, as needed, to address program integrity or other critical issues. Continuing education/training required under this paragraph is in addition to the food safety training required in the first year of employment under §703 of this Part. C. Reinstatement of a Lapsed Certificate. If a certificate holder allows a period of one calendar year to elapse where not employed as a child nutrition program supervisor, the applicant must verify evidence of having met the hiring standards under §703 of this Part. D. Provisional Certificate. A provisional certificate may be issued to an individual employed as an acting child nutrition program supervisor. 1. Eligibility Requirements. For provisional certificates issued September 1, 2021 and beyond, the minimum requirements include: i. high school diploma (or equivalent); ii. two years of relevant school nutrition programs experience; and iii. at least eight hours of food safety training either not more than five years prior to the date of employment or completed within 30 calendar days of the date of employment. 2. Renewal Guidelines. Valid for one year initially and renewable each year thereafter upon presentation of 12 hours of annual food service continuing education/training. A provisional certificate may be issued for a maximum of five years.