click here<\/a><\/b><\/span>.<\/b><\/p>\r\n\u00a0Food and Nutrition Services is pleased to offer parents a convenient, inexpensive, and safe way to pay for their child's school meals online using a debit or credit card through our prepayment service provider, MuSchoolBucks.com. It's a quick and easy way to ensure there is always lunch money on their child\u2019s account. By utilizing this service, parents can also view the meal their child selects for lunch.<\/span><\/p>\r\nParents can use the \"Smart Pay\" option. This option allows you to establish an automatic payment amount, so when your child's account reaches a certain low dollar amount (established by you), the automatic payment amount you selected is deposited into your child's account from your credit or debit card. If you do not want an automatic payment, you can still receive email reminders when your child\u2019s account balance drops below $5.00. This feature can be activated under the \u201cEmail Notification\u201d settings. Both options can help to fund your child\u2019s account without interrupting meal purchases. Not only can you make prepayments, you can view your child\u2019s account balances and view a seven day meal history. This will help to show you what your child is purchasing daily. Please remember, there will be a $1.75 convenience fee for each separate payment you make to your child\u2019s account.<\/span><\/p>\r\nInformation needed to register an account on MySchoolBucks.com:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n \t- Student\u2019s School<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Grade<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- Birth Date<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
- *District Student ID #<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n
*This is a 6 digit number unique to each student that the district uses to identify students for record keeping purposes. If you do not know your child\u2019s student ID #, please contact the Food and Nutrition Services Manager at your child\u2019s school.<\/span><\/p>\r\nEmployees may also utilize this service to apply money toward their school meal account. Please contact our finance team to set up an employee or adult school meal account at (813) 794-2281.<\/span><\/p>\r\nFor more information on the services and transaction fees for student accounts, please visit MySchoolBucks.com<\/strong> or call 855-832-5226<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\r\nPlease Note:<\/b> Any money remaining on your child's account from last year will carry over to this school year.<\/span><\/p>\r\nFAQ\u2019s for MySchoolBucks<\/strong>.com<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nWhat is the customer (or student) ID number?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nIt is a 6 digit number unique to each student that the district uses to identify students for record keeping purposes.<\/span><\/p>\r\nHow do I find out my child\u2019s student ID#?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nYou may call the FNS manager at your school, or request this info from the FNS District Office. You will be asked to provide your child\u2019s name, school, grade, birth date and address for security purposes.<\/span><\/p>\r\nHow quickly after I make a payment will the monies be available in my child\u2019s account at school?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nBalances are update at the school site within 24 hours, and available for use.<\/span><\/p>\r\nHow come the money I put into my child\u2019s account is not there?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nAs a reminder it takes up to 24 hours after you make a payment for the money to be available and balances to be updated on the website. Also, if any information you provide does not match the school district\u2019s information (i.e. birth date, customer ID#, grade), or if the setup is incomplete the transaction will be voided and you will receive an e-mail requesting you to verify your account info.<\/span><\/p>\r\nWhat if I make a mistake during account set-up and the money goes into another child\u2019s account?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nIt is highly unlikely that monies you intend for your child\u2019s account will go into another child\u2019s account. The setup is based on 5 criteria: customer\/student ID#, birth date, child\u2019s name, school, and grade. If one of these criteria does not exactly match the information that the school district has on file for your child, the payment will be voided and you will receive e-mail notification.<\/span><\/p>\r\nDoes MySchoolBucks<\/strong>.com provide a confirmation of a transaction?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nA confirmation page is generated upon completion of the transaction \u2013 you will receive an e-mail only if there is a problem processing your payment.<\/span><\/p>\r\nIs there any way my child could go in and modify his\/her own account?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nThe only way for anyone to modify your account is if they know the login and password you created, and your credit or debit card number. Please keep this information safe.<\/span><\/p>\r\nCan I change my credit card information on my child\u2019s account setup once I have made a payment?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nYou can change the credit card you use as needed, but once a payment has been submitted and the transaction has been finalized, any changes made will only apply to future transactions.<\/span><\/p>\r\nIs there a charge to view my child\u2019s account?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nA free service provided by MySchoolBucks.com allows parents to view account balances and meal history; parents only need to create an account. Cash and check payments will continue to be accepted, as in the past.<\/span><\/p>\r\nWhy do I have to pay the $1.75 convenience fee?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nThere are costs associated with processing online debit\/credit card payments. Since this convenient service is optional, those wishing to make a payment will need to pay the $1.95 convenience fee.<\/span><\/p>\r\nHow does the $1.75 work?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nThe $1.75 convenience fee will be charged for each payment transaction. If you have three students at one school and put $50 into each of their accounts, it is considered one transaction. One fee of $1.75 will be charged for a total charge to your credit\/debit card of $151.95. Payments to multiple student accounts at different schools are considered separate transactions.<\/span><\/p>\r\nIs the online payment required?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nNo - You can still write checks or send cash, but online payments provide more control, efficiency, time savings, and greater accountability.<\/span><\/p>\r\nWill I be informed when my child\u2019s account reaches a certain level?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nYes, under the \u201cEmail Notification\u201d settings, you can select the option to be notified by email every time your child\u2019s balance drops below $5.00. This reminder helps parents to fund their child\u2019s account without interrupting meal purchases.<\/span><\/p>\r\nWhat if I prefer to make automatic payments?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n\u201cSmart Pay\u201d is an option you can select during account set-up. You set the low balance amount and automatic payment amount, so when your child\u2019s account reaches the low balance, the automatic payment amount you selected, is deposited into your child\u2019s account from your credit\/debit card.<\/span><\/p>\r\nCan I utilize \u201cmeal controls\u201d through the MySchoolBucks<\/strong>.com website?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\nYes, but we prefer that FNS Managers personally speak with any parent who would like to put a restriction on their child\u2019s account. This is to ensure that the Manager is aware of, and fully understands what restriction the parent would like, and the parent knows exactly how it will affect their child when they purchase meals. Parents can still have specific meal controls put on their child\u2019s account such as, \u201cSnacks Only on Friday.\u201d They simply have to call the<\/span> FNS Manager at their child\u2019s school and request a specific restriction.<\/span><\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-177","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/do\/fns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/do\/fns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/do\/fns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/do\/fns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/do\/fns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/do\/fns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9946,"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/do\/fns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions\/9946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/connectplus.pasco.k12.fl.us\/do\/fns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}