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Katie Parrott
27:18 - 27:59
“So our next steps, again, budget transfer in the short term. We are going to be taking a closer look at revisiting the CEP groupings. So that was one of the areas where we identified a challenge and a loss of revenue.”
- Speaker
- Katie Parrott
- Timestamp
- 27:18 – 27:59
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- November 2, 2026
From the transcript
So our next steps, again, budget transfer in the short term. We are going to be taking a closer look at revisiting the CEP groupings. So that was one of the areas where we identified a challenge and a loss of revenue. So the bonus is that we were feeding more kids, but the result of changing some of those groupings was that we were reimbursed for less. And so taking a look at that and of course engaging the board on the level to which you are comfortable and, uh, comfortable in making investments to that program to maintain the current access of student meals.
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