The Brentwood, Byron, Knightsen, Liberty and Oakley school districts have announced their policy for providing free and reduced-price meals for children served under the National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast Program. Each school and the central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by any interested party.

The household size and income criteria will be used to determine eligibility for free, reduced-price or full-price meal benefits. Children from households whose income is at or below those levels are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

Children who receive Food Stamp (FS), California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs), Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payments (Kin-GAP), or Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) benefits are automatically eligible for free meals regardless of the income of the household in which they reside. Eligibility for a foster child is based on a separate application and solely on the amount of the child's "personal use" income.