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How can families change their student's spending limits and/or a la carte permissions?

This article will explain how families can change their student's spending limits and/or a la carte permissions.

Schools have the ability to allow their families to change their student's spending limits and/or a la carte permissions. (This setting is optional.) To allow parents to make changes to these permissions, log in to the District Site and go to the Families tab>Family Website Settings.

 

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Click the Edit button, then remove the check mark for "Disable Meal Type Editing."

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There are options to allow families to make changes to all meal types or just certain meal types. 

 

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Click "Save" to save your changes.

 

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When families log in to the family portal, they should click on the Students tab, as shown here:

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Then, click on "Customize Student Settings."

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Next, click the pencil (edit) icon.

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Then, make the desired changes. Click the "Change Settings" button to save your changes.

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Note: schools also have the option to allow families to make changes to all meal types or just certain meal types.