Direct Certification
Overview
Direct Certification is an electronic data-matching process. It is federally mandated and facilitated by the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE). Students are directly certified based on their participation in a qualifying program administered by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human (DHHS). Direct Certification can increase participation in school meals and reduce the administrative burden of the school meals program meal applications.
Federal regulations require updating student enrollment data at least three times annually.
- For Public Schools:
- The ADVISER system communicates with the school’s student information system daily.
- Non-Public Schools:
- Regularly update student enrollment in PersonID/ADVISER to ensure current enrollment is used for matching.