Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024
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 twelve 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.
2 years of relevant school nutrition programs experience; and
iii. at least 8 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.
AUTHORITY
NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
17:6(A)(10), (11), and (15),
R.S.
17:7(6),
R.S.
17:10,
R.S.
17:22(6),
R.S.
17:391.1-391.10, and
R.S.
17:411.
