BULLHEAD CITY – With the Bullhead City School District’s (BCSD) school year underway, all students continue to be eligible for free breakfasts and lunches. BCSD qualifies for free meals based upon District-wide income and demographics as part of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).
No free and reduced plan applications are required in BCSD for the 2025-2026 school year. All six BCSD schools are included for students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade through the end of the school year, May 21, 2026. Those campuses are Bullhead City Middle, Coyote Canyon, Desert Valley, Diamondback, Fox Creek Junior High and Sunrise Elementary Schools.
For many students, school meals are their only reliably healthy meals each day. BCSD’s NSLP and School Breakfast Program (SBP) are federally-funded and administered through the Arizona Department of Education. BCSD participates in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) for schools and school districts in low-income areas. CEP allows the nation’s highest poverty schools and districts to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without collecting household applications. Instead, schools that adopt CEP are reimbursed using a formula based on the percentage of students categorically eligible for free meals based on their participation in other specific means-tested programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
The NSLP was first created in 1946 with bipartisan support, signed into law by President Harry Truman, and expanded and reauthorized for nearly 80 years. The SBP began as a pilot project in 1966 and was then enacted nationally in 1975 when it was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Gerald Ford.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider. In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by the USDA.
Additional information is posted on BCSD’s website, www.bcsd15.org, and at www.facebook.com/BCSD15 . A full copy of BCSD’s food service non-discrimination statement is also posted online and available at each school and in the District office during normal business hours.
