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Charging Policy

Accessing School Meals and normal charging policies 
Hillsboro School District serves meals through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) the National School Lunch (NSLP) and School Breakfast Programs (SBP), and the State of Oregon. Meal composition is based upon the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the My Plate recommendations (choosemyplate.gov).

School administrators manage school day schedules and identify serving times of breakfast and lunch. Any student that requests a meal shall receive said meal according to Oregon law. 

Charging and Access to Meals
Current Oregon laws specify that when a student requests a meal during meal service, they shall receive a meal regardless of the ability to pay for meals. For clarification purposes, the cost of received meals and resulting balances owed are the responsibility of the parent or guardian. For the 2026/2027 school year, all enrolled students may receive one breakfast and one lunch each school day at no cost.

Second Meals
Second meals may be purchased. Funds must be available in order to purchase second meals. These meals cannot be charged to a student's account.

Student Meal Prices:
Elementary:
First Breakfast: $0.00; First Lunch: $0.00
Second Breakfast: $3.00; Second Lunch: $4.25
Milk-Only: $0.75

Secondary:
First Breakfast: $0.00; First Lunch $0.00
Second Breakfast: $3.25; Second Lunch: $4.75
Milk-Only: $0.75

Account Management and Collection of Delinquent Debt

The district allows for the prepayment of meals directly at the school or online using the service Linq.

  • Payments at school – Cafeteria staff or the school office (Elementary Schools) are able to receive cash or check payments for student meal accounts. Meal prices are posted on the district website, online menu, and LinqConnect.com.
  • Linq Connect – The online account management service Linq Connect enables management of student accounts online. Features include transaction history, online payments, auto-payments, payment reminders, low balance warnings and more. Payments are not required to use this tool, however, a service charge is applied for online payment processing. The convenience fee for online payment is 3.95% of the transaction amount with a minimum of $2.85 per online payment transaction.
  • Handling of Delinquent Debt – When payment is overdue the monetary credit extended is considered delinquent debt. HSD will pursue efforts to collect unpaid meal charges or delinquent debts. If there is delinquent debt on a student's account, it is from the 2024/2025 school year or prior when meals were not offered to all students at no cost.
    • Negative Balance Notifications – Notices of delinquent debt are communicated with seniors each spring to be settled prior to graduation. Notices are sent via mail and email to parents and/or guardians.