The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program in public a nonprofit private schools a residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day. The program is administered locally by the Department’s School Food Services Branch.

To submit an application for Free and Reduced-Price Meal Benefits, please visit EZMealApp.

Effective for the school year 2025-26, students who qualify for reduced-price meals will receive one breakfast a one lunch daily at no charge, in accordance with Act 139, Session Laws of Hawai‘i 2025. While these students will still be categorized as reduced-price eligible under federal guidelines, their meals will be scanned as “Reduced – No Charge.”

If a student would like to purchase a second meal or a la carte items such as milk, funds will need to be deposited into their account. Online payment is available at ezschoolpay.com.

Prices for student second meals a adult meals at breakfast a lunch, have increased to $3.50 for breakfast a $7.50 for lunch.

School Year 2025-26 Meal Prices

ʻAno Haumāna	Kumukuai
PAHAAKAKA
Haumāna haʻahaʻa (PreK-8)	$1.10
Haumāna kiʻekiʻe (9-12)	$1.10
Reduced-price student (PreK-12)	No Charge
Free student (PreK-12)	No Charge
Student second meal	$3.50
makua	$3.50
AINA AINA
Haumāna haʻahaʻa (PreK-8)	$2.50
Haumāna kiʻekiʻe (9-12)	$2.75
Reduced-price student (PreK-12)	No Charge
Free student (PreK-12)	No Charge
Hoʻokomo	$2.25
Second meal	$7.50
makua	$7.50

​School Year 2025-26 a la carte sales prices

A La Carte Item	Sales Price
Fruit, fresh, apple	$0.95
Fruit, fresh, banana	$0.95
Fruit, fresh, orange	$0.95
Fruit, dried	$0.80
Fruit slush, 100% fruit	$1.25
Juice, 100% box or cup	$0.70
Juice, 100% box or packaged	$1.00
Milk, shelf-stable (aseptic)	$1.85
Milk, fresh	$0.90
Milk, soy	$1.60
Snacks, packaged	$0.85
Water, bottled	$1.50
Yogurt	$1.20

Kupono loaʻa

Income eligibility guidelines for free and reduced-price meals effective July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.

Free Meals

Nui ʻohana	Makahiki	ʻO kēlā me kēia mahina	ʻElua manawa o ka mahina	ʻElua pule	ʻO kēlā me kēia pule
1	$23,387	$1,949	$975	$900	$450
2	$31,616	$2,635	$1,318	$1,216	$608
3	$39,845	$3,321	$1,661	$1,533	$767
4	$48,074	$4,007	$2,004	$1,849	$925
5	$56,303	$4,692	$2,346	$2,166	$1,083
6	$64,532	$5,378	$2,689	$2,482	$1,241
7	$72,761	$6,064	$3,032	$2,799	$1,400
8	$80,990	$6,750	$3,375	$3,115	$1,558
9	$89,219	$7,436	$3,718	$3,432	$1,717
10	$97,448	$8,122	$4,061	$3,749	$1,876
11	$105,677	$8,808	$4,404	$4,066	$2,035
12	$113,906	$9,494	$4,747	$4,383	$2,194
13	$122,135	$10,180	$5,090	$4,700	$2,353
14	$130,364	$10,866	$5,433	$5,017	$2,512
No kēlā me kēia lālā hou o ka hale, e hoʻohui:	$8,229	$686	$343	$317	$159

Reduced Kumukuai Meals

Nui ʻohana	Makahiki	ʻO kēlā me kēia mahina	Twice per month	ʻElua pule	ʻO kēlā me kēia pule
1	$33,282	$2,774	$1,387	$1,281	$641
2	$44,992	$3,750	$1,875	$1,731	$866
3	$56,703	$4,726	$2,363	$2,181	$1,091
4	$68,413	$5,702	$2,851	$2,632	$1,316
5	$80,124	$6,677	$3,339	$3,082	$1,541
6	$91,834	$7,653	$3,827	$3,533	$1,767
7	$103,545	$8,629	$4,315	$3,983	$1,992
8	$115,255	$9,605	$4,803	$4,433	$2,217
9	$126,966	$10,581	$5,291	$4,884	$2,443
10	$138,677	$11,557	$5,779	$5,335	$2,669
11	$150,388	$12,533	$6,267	$5,786	$2,895
12	$162,099	$13,509	$6,755	$6,237	$3,121
13	$173,810	$14,485	$7,243	$6,688	$3,347
14	$185,521	$15,461	$7,731	$7,139	$3,573
No kēlā me kēia lālā hou o ka hale, e hoʻohui:	$11,711	$976	$488	$451	$226

Hāʻawi ʻia ka Pono Kaiāulu (CEP)

The CEP program allows a school district, a group of schools or a single school to serve free meals to all students even if they do not qualify for free a i ʻole reduced-priced lunch. Schools participating in the program komo:

Oʻahu

Hawai‘i Isla

Maui

• Hāna High & Elementary
• King Kamehameha III Elementary
• Lahaina Intermediate
• Lahainaluna High
• Kamāliʻiwahine Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary
• Waiheʻe Elementary
• Wailuku Elementary

Kauaʻi

• Kapaʻa Elementary
• Kekaha Elementary
• Koloa Elementary

Molokai

• Kaunakakai Elementary 
• Kilohana Elementary 
• Maunaloa Elementary
• Molokai High
• Molokai Waena

OLELO HOOLAHA OLE USDA

In accordance with federal civil rights law a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations a policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity a sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice a TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USDA-OASCR%20P-Complaint-Form-0508-0002-508-11-28-17Fax2Mail.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, a a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature a date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

• leka uila:
  Oihana Mahiai o Amerika
  Keena o ke Kokua Kakauolelo no na Pono Kivila
  1400 Alanui Kūʻokoʻa, SW
  Wasinetona, DC 20250-9410; a i ʻole
• fax:
  (833) 256-1665 a i ʻole (202) 690-7442; a i ʻole
• leka uila:
  program[email protected]

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