Documents/Forms
Guidance
- Menu Planning for the NSLP (CSDE)
- Menu Planning for the SBP (CSDE)
- Menu Planning Guide for School Meals (CSDE)
- Menu Planning Resources for School Meals (CSDE)
- Offer versus Serve Guide for School Meals (CSDE)
- Offer versus Serve Guidance for the NSLP and SBP (USDA)
- OVS in the NSLP (CSDE)
- OVS in the SBP (CSDE)
- OVS Tip Sheet for School Food Service Managers: School Breakfast Program (USDA)
- OVS Tip Sheet for School Food Service Managers: National School Lunch Program (USDA)
- OVS with Salad Bars
- USDA Memo SP 41-2019: Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program
- Salad Bar Signage (English) (Colorado Department of Education)
- Salad Bar Signage (Spanish) (Colorado Department of Education)
- Salad Bar Signage Template (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction)
- School Breakfast Webinar Part 1: Offer Versus Serve Overview and Strategies for Success (USDA)
- USDA Memo SP 06-2007: Fluid Milk and Other Food Components/Menu Items in Reimbursable Lunches
- USDA Memo SP 35-2011 and CACFP 23-2011: Clarification on the Use of Offer Versus Serve and Family Style Meal Service
- USDA Memo SP 41-2015: Updated Offer vs Serve Guidance for the NSLP and SBP Beginning SY 2015-16
Signage
- Lunch Poster Meal Pattern Components (CSDE)
- Lunch Poster Offer versus Serve (CSDE)
- OVS Poster (CSDE) Signage for Lunch
- OVS Lunch Poster for Elementary Schools (USDA)
- OVS Lunch Poster for Middle Schools (USDA)
- OVS Lunch Poster for High Schools (USDA)
- More signage resources: See "Signage and Posters" in the CSDE's Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production.
For more resources, visit the CSDE's Resources for Child Nutrition Programs webpage.