Kuznetsova: who to complain if elementary school students are denied free meals

Who is entitled to subsidized meals? Categories

Children of certain categories can receive free meals at school based on regional regulations. Each of them has its own benefits. For example, in Moscow , the following students are identified as entitled to subsidized meals:

• all primary school students are free;
• children from large and low-income families, orphans, guardians, disabled people, schoolchildren with disabilities, children of disabled parents of groups I and II, students who have lost their breadwinner, students in special classes - free breakfasts and lunches;
• students of “Health Schools”, cadets of grades 1-11, pupils of special schools, cadets of grades 5-11 of boarding schools, students of correctional schools - three free meals a day;
• pupils of boarding schools of any type – free 5 meals a day;
• Children from orphanages receive 6 free meals a day.

The rules for providing benefits and the necessary documents are established by Order of the Moscow Department of Education No. 2168 dated December 30, 2010.

In the Primorsky Territory there are benefits for meals for schoolchildren in the following categories:

• primary school students, primary and secondary school students from large and low-income families - once a day free of charge;
• children with disabilities and disabled people - free twice a day.

Additionally, the region provides free milk to students in grades 1-4 in the amount of 200 ml daily.

The Krasnodar region is a leader in the provision of hot meals to schoolchildren . In accordance with regional legislation, free and reduced-price meals are provided to:

• primary school students;
• children from large families, wards, orphans;
• children of law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty;
• schoolchildren with disabilities and people with disabilities.

In addition, all students from grades 1 to 11 are provided with free milk.

Free meals are provided to employees:

• chemical production;
• mining enterprises;
• chemical and pharmaceutical factories;
• enterprises of non-ferrous and ferrous metallurgy;
• radio and electrical production;
• enterprises producing mercury thermometers;
• exposed to radiation and ionizing radiation;
• those engaged in loading and unloading of apatite in ports;
• those exposed to high pressure (for example, divers and pressure chamber doctors);
• some food industry enterprises;
• organizations involved in the storage and disposal of chemical weapons and waste.

A complete list of specialties, positions and professions can be found in Appendix No. 1 to Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation No. 46n dated February 16, 2009.

Important! Pregnant women whose work is classified as hazardous must be transferred to another place of work or sent on maternity leave early. At the same time, they retain the right to free meals until the child reaches the age of 1.5 years in accordance with the law. The employer is obliged to deliver food to such employees at home, even if the woman is far from production.

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The main innovations in the law on school meals 2020

Officials assure that the new SanPiN standards in the law on school meals are aimed at improving the quality of dishes and expanding the range of menus, taking into account the individual needs of children. Students in Russia intend to make their diet healthier and more varied. To do this, school nutrition standards must take into account the following requirements:

• iodized salt should be used for cooking;
• the height of casseroles and omelettes should not exceed 4 cm;
• requirements for the technology of preparation and storage of products will become more stringent (for example, sliced ​​​​sausage, cheese, and sandwiches on buffet displays should not lie longer than 1 hour);
• The schoolchild's daily diet must include dishes made from meat, poultry, milk, vegetable and butter, as well as bread;
• every 2-3 days, dishes from fish, eggs, cottage cheese, as well as cheese should appear on the menu;
• twice a week children will receive products containing lacto- and bifidobacteria;
• priority methods of food processing will be steaming, boiling, baking, stewing and other technologies that allow preserving a maximum of vitamins and microelements;
• for children with chronic diseases requiring a specialized nutrition system (diabetes mellitus, gastritis, celiac disease, etc.) an additional menu will be provided;
• Only schoolchildren over 12 years old will be able to be on duty in the dining room, set tables and distribute ready-made meals, and only after examination by a health worker;
• drinking regime in schools should be organized by installing fountains or bottles with purified water;
• Dishes prepared outside the school catering unit (including at home) will be prohibited from being eaten, with the exception of foods that are not subject to rapid spoilage: fruits, dried fruits, chocolate, juices and nuts.

How to apply for subsidized meals in 2020. Instructions

To obtain the right to provide hot meals at the expense of budget funds, you must provide a document confirming such a right.

In the garden

There are no separate regulatory documents on the provision of free or reduced-price meals in preschool educational institutions. Benefits provide child care in kindergarten. In free form (or according to a template accepted by the institution), the parent (legal representative) fills out an application for benefits.

Attached to it are copies of the birth certificates of all minor children, copies of pension or service (for law enforcement officers) certificates, a military ID for a military serviceman, a certificate for a large family, a certificate confirming the granting of a disability pension, documents confirming that the child is an orphan or is under guardianship.

At school

Each region has its own rules for providing subsidized meals. The general package of documents may include:

• statement;
• copies of documents confirming the right to benefits (pension or service certificate, certificate from social security, certificate of a large family, certificates of wages and income for the poor).

At work

When applying for employment at an enterprise with harmful or especially harmful working conditions, you do not need to write any applications for preferential meals, nor do you need to provide any documents. Each such production is subject to local regulations and collective agreements (by force of law), according to which an employee whom the employer is obliged to provide with free milk or food will receive it automatically.

Large families

In most regions of the Russian Federation, there are benefits for meals in preschool educational institutions, schools, secondary vocational schools and universities for children from such families. To receive it, the parent must submit an application to the management of the educational institution and attach a copy of the certificate of the large family. Some educational organizations may require a certificate from social security.

Apply for discounted meals on Mos.ru

To receive the service on the Moscow Mayor’s website, parents (legal representatives) fill out an application using a ready-made template, attach copies of the child’s birth certificate and his SNILS. No further documents are required. Specialists of the Moscow Department of Education will themselves request all the necessary certificates as part of electronic interdepartmental interaction.

Others interested can contact the State Services portal.

Who is eligible for free school meals in 2020?

In addition to the beneficiaries listed above, there are a number of medical reports that serve as the basis for providing schoolchildren of educational self-government institutions with unpaid meals. These include: delayed physical development due to malnutrition or delayed sexual development; diseases of the digestive organs, as well as the organs of vision of varying degrees of severity, which are registered at the dispensary; disordered behavior and mental abnormalities, various problems with cognitive functions; chronic kidney diseases – glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis; various diseases of the respiratory organs, such as bronchial asthma; blood diseases and disorders caused by chemoprophylaxis.

What documents are needed

To receive food benefits, you must fill out an application and attach copies of documents confirming your right to benefits.

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Where to get a certificate

For large, low-income families, orphans and children under guardianship, disabled people and people with disabilities, a certificate of the availability of benefits is issued by social protection authorities at the place of residence .

Free food in 2020: who is entitled to it, what documents are needed

1. Dairy and fermented milk products and Wimm-Bill-Dann:

• adapted mixtures;
• kefir;
• cottage cheese;
• milk for children "Agusha".

1. Fruit juice production and “Gardens of the Don region:

• clarified (pear, apple);
• unbleached (apple-peach, apple-pear, apple-apricot);
• with pulp (of the same types).

1. Meat in the form of meat or vegetable puree:

• beef;
• pork;
• turkey;
• chicken (chickens).

1. Instant porridges – mixtures of “Malyutka” and Nestogen for different age groups of children.
2. Puree "FrutoNyanya" and "Gardens of Pridonya":

• fruit - from apples, pears, fruit mixture (“fruit salad”);
• vegetable - from cauliflower, zucchini, carrots, broccoli, pumpkin.

Who gets free food?

Meals in state educational institutions, including breakfast and lunch for students in grades 1-4, breakfast and lunch or a set lunch (at the choice of parents) for other students , with compensation from the budget of St. Petersburg, 100% of its cost during the school day is provided to students :

• general educational institutions from low-income families (a family with an average per capita income below one and a half times the subsistence minimum per capita established in St. Petersburg for the quarter preceding the month of application);
• general educational institutions implementing an adapted educational program;
• general educational institutions and professional educational institutions from among large families;
• general educational institutions and professional educational institutions that are orphans and children without parental care, with the exception of students who are fully supported by the state;
• general educational institutions and professional educational institutions who are disabled;
• professional educational institutions mastering the basic educational program of secondary vocational education for the training of skilled workers, employees or the basic educational program of vocational training;
• general educational institutions and professional educational institutions in difficult life situations.

These categories of students, if they are home-schooled, are provided with monetary compensation in the amount of 100%.

What benefits is a child entitled to for the loss of a breadwinner besides a pension?

• preferential right to enrollment when entering universities and colleges on the budget upon successful passing of exams (until 01/01/2020, educational institutions have quotas for the admission of orphans);
• full state support for the duration of studies in kindergarten, school, university and college at the expense of federal funds, food, receipt of a social scholarship, which remains even during the period of academic leave due to illness;
• free travel on city public transport (in rural areas - on buses and trains);
• paid train or plane tickets to the place of permanent residence and back to study during the summer holidays for schoolchildren and students;
• expanded medical care, etc.

1. Insurance if the deceased had at least 1 day of work experience.
2. According to the state pension provision, if the deceased breadwinner was a military serviceman, an employee of law enforcement agencies and died during service or as a result of injury/injury, an astronaut or a candidate for cosmonaut, died from the consequences of man-made or radiation disasters. The latter include “Chernobyl victims” and those equated to them.
3. Social. Assigned to minor children or full-time students under 23 years of age from among orphans, as well as in cases where the breadwinner has not paid contributions to compulsory social security.

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Required documents

To apply for free food benefits, you must prepare basic documents - an application and a copy of the child’s birth certificate (for all categories of applicants, regardless of the basis for the application).

The state has not established a single sample application for providing a child with free meals (however, schools may provide a special form). It is drawn up in the name of the director and contains information about the student, type of benefit and attached documents.

Additional certificates are presented depending on the basis for receiving the benefit, this may be:

• resolution appointing a guardian;
• a copy of the resolution on the payment of a survivor's pension;
• conclusion about the disability of the child or his parents;
• certificate recognizing the family as low-income;
• citizen’s certificate confirming his participation in the liquidation of the accident and consequences at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, etc.

Additionally, when assigning a benefit, other documents may be required (for example, a certificate of income for each family member).

When should I apply for food?

To receive preferential meals, parents of students in preferential categories under 18 years of age annually, before May 31, submit an application for preferential meals in the next academic year to the appropriate school or vocational school (hereinafter referred to as OU) in a form approved by the Education Committee.

Students in preferential categories who re-enter an educational institution during the academic year or acquire the right to receive meals during the academic year are provided with preferential meals starting from the month following the month of application, if the application is submitted before the 20th day of the current month .

Students in preferential categories who have reached the age of 18 and are legally competent submit an application independently.

According to statements from parents of schoolchildren and students of vocational schools who are entitled to subsidized meals, but suffer from diseases included in the List of Chronic Diseases and are home-schooled, the provision of subsidized meals can be replaced by monetary compensation.

Reduced meals with partial payment are provided subject to the written consent of the parents of schoolchildren to pay the remaining cost of the corresponding reduced meals (breakfast and (or) lunch), amounting to 30 percent of its cost.

Which categories of schoolchildren can count on free school meals in 2020?

Let us remind you that, on behalf of the Governor of the Irkutsk Region Sergei Levchenko, since October 2020, the Government of the region has had a working group on the issue of increasing the amount of funding for free meals for schoolchildren from the regional budget. The group working on the draft law, in addition to specialists from the Ministry of Social Development, Guardianship and Trusteeship and the Ministry of Education, included the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the region, Chairman of the Health Committee of the regional parliament Andrei Labygin, Chairman of the Committee on Social and Cultural Legislation, member of the Commission on Control Activities Irina Sintsova, Commissioner for Children's Rights of the Irkutsk Region Svetlana Semenova.