Texas Department of Agriculture data lists Contracting Entities approved for School Nutrition Programs in the 2025-2026 year and their contracted Food Service Management Companies. The dataset includes detailed contact information for CEs, superintendents, and child nutrition directors across multiple columns. TDA administers USDA nutrition programs in Texas, aiming to post new data by July 15 of the active program year.
Use Cases
- Map contracting entities by county and TDA region using CECounty and TDARegion columns.
- Analyze contract durations and renewal patterns using InitialYear, FinalYear, and NumberOfRenewalYears.
- Identify contact points for program administration using SuperintendentFirstName, SuperintendentEmail, ChildNutDirPhone, and ChildNutDirFirstName.
- Categorize participating organizations by type using TypeOfAgency and TypeOfOrg columns.
Strengths
- Dataset provides a specific program year (2025-2026) for temporal context.
- Includes 30 distinct columns detailing administrative, contact, and contract information.
- Managed by the authoritative state agency, the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA), via the Texas Open Data Portal (data.texas.gov).
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from program application and approval records for the School Nutrition Program year.
- Time Range
- Program Year 2025-2026 (July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026).
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-01-12 16:57:47; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- State of Texas, USA.