URGENT ACTION NEEDED: P-EBT Data Portal Submissions

department of education

March 2, 2021

School leaders,

Families are depending on your staff to get their food benefits through Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) as soon as possible. In order for students to receive September and October P-EBT benefits in April, school districts and charter schools must complete the following two tasks by 4 p.m. on Friday, March 5. Failure to complete both tasks by the deadline will delay benefits to students by at least one month. View the P-EBT Checklist for Public Schools for more detailed information.

  1. Certify learning model data using the Learning Model Confirmation Survey.

    If your organization’s learning model data are displayed correctly in the Safe Learning Model Look-Up, please complete the learning model confirmation survey. If your learning model data are not accurate, report the errors to mde.school-verify@state.mn.us. Errors reported after March 2 may not be corrected prior to the March 5 deadline.

  2. Upload student data into the P-EBT Data Portal
    Review the Instructions for Bulk Upload of student records. Use the P-EBT Excel Template to format your file and convert to CSV format prior to upload. Please allow enough time to correct for file errors prior to the March 5 deadline.

Sign up for the P-EBT bulletin to receive important updates on P-EBT. District and charter school MARSS coordinators and food service contacts have been automatically subscribed to the P-EBT bulletin and are the presumed points of contact.