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The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the Tennessee Department of Education $429,439,876 on October 1, 2025, under the National School Lunch Program (CFDA 10.555), a formula grant supporting nutritious nonprofit lunch service for school children. The award funds reimbursements for meals served through the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, administered by the Tennessee Department of Education across the state through September 30, 2026.

The Department of Education Tennessee sub-awarded funding to over 80 school districts, charter schools, municipal governments, and nonprofit organizations throughout Tennessee to operate lunch and breakfast programs. Sub-recipients included Bells City School District, Gestalt Community Schools, Union City, Emerald Charter Schools, Polk County Board of Education, Oak Ridge School District, Weakley County Board of Education, Hollow Rock Bruceton Special School District, Van Buren County, Believe Memphis Academy, Franklin Special School District, Scott County, Journey Community Schools, Stewart County School District, Robertson County School District, Genesis Learning Centers, Sequatchie County School District, Moore County School District, Newport City Board of Education, Lauderdale County Schools, Meigs County Board of Education, Warren County Board of Education, Sullivan County Department of Education, Macon County Board of Education, Sevier County Board of Education, Johnson County, Lincoln County Schools, Roane County Schools, Jackson County Board of Education, Hamblen County Department of Education, Overton County Board of Education, Hickman County Schools, Grundy County Department of Education, McNairy County Board of Education, Cumberland County Schools, Clay County Board of Education, Lake County School District, Chester County Board of Education, Carter County, Franklin County School District, Lexington City Board of Education, Benton County Board of Education, Dekalb County Board of Education, Cocke County Board of Education, Alamo City School District, Cheatham County Board of Education, Dyersburg City Schools, Greene County Board of Education, Bledsoe County School District, Haywood County Board of Education, Lewis County School System, Paris Special School District, Purpose Preparatory Academy, Elizabethton Board of Education, Manchester City Schools, Tennessee Nature Academy, Greeneville Recorder's Office, Millington Municipal Schools, West Carroll Special School District, Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering, Hawkins County Board of Education, Kipp Memphis, Grainger County School District, Rutherford County Board of Education, Obion County School District, Marion County Board of Education, Hardeman County Board of Education, Blount County Schools, Maryville City Schools, and numerous additional schools and districts in all 95 Tennessee counties, delivering meals to students in accordance with federal nutrition standards and reimbursement requirements.