Endnotes 1 National Archives, "Code of Federal Regulations," www.ecfr.gov, accessed May 8, 2025, https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/part-210/section-210.2. 2 USDA Food and Nutrition Service, “National School Lunch Program - Child Nutrition Tables,” www.fns.usda.gov, accessed July 17, 2025, https://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/child-nutrition-tables. 3 Partners for Public Good is a newly formed nonprofit led by former staff of the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab. The team who conducted the survey transitioned into this new organization as of March 1, 2025, so there was continuity in the research and staffing across the project. 4 USDA Food and Nutrition Service, “School Food Authority Survey III on Supply Chain Disruption and Student Participation,” www.fns.usda.gov, accessed March 2025, https://www.fns.usda.gov/ research/schoolmeals/sfa-survey3-scd. 5 One respondent marked that they worked outside the US, one respondent identified themselves as a childcare center, which was outside the eligible population for the survey, and there were a total of 1045 blank responses. These survey responses were excluded from the final tally. 6 The chi-square test is a statistical procedure used to determine the difference between observed and expected data. It helps determine whether a difference between two categorical variables (for example, a school district's size and the top procurement challenge faced) is due to chance or a relationship between the two variables. 7 USDA Food and Nutrition Service, “School Food Authority Survey III on Supply Chain Disruption and Student Participation,” www.fns.usda.gov, accessed March 2025, https://www.fns.usda.gov/ research/schoolmeals/sfa-survey3-scd. 8 USDA Food and Nutrition Service, “School Food Authority Survey III on Supply Chain Disruption and Student Participation,” www.fns.usda.gov, accessed March 2025, https://www.fns.usda.gov/ research/schoolmeals/sfa-survey3-scd.
9 Statistical significance of ranking top challenges by district size, p < .001
10 USDA Food and Nutrition Service, "Study of School Food Authorities (SFA) Procurement Practices," fns-prod.azureedge.us, accessed March 2025, https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/ resource-files/SFA-Procurement.pdf 11 2 CFR 200.319(b) states: To ensure objective contractor performance and eliminate unfair competitive advantage, contractors that develop or draft specifications, requirements, statements of work, or invitations for bids must be excluded from competing on those procurements.
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