Online Form To Apply For P-EBT Program

Posted Date: 10/20/2021

Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) is a program that helps children who would have received free or reduced-price meals at school if not for the COVID-19 pandemic. Students who qualify will receive a debit card preloaded with funds that can be used for groceries.

There is now a form on the SDE Website for parents to complete if they think they qualified for P-EBT and did not receive their card. (It is kind of hidden at the bottom of this SDE website page. https://sde.ok.gov/pebt 

Parents will need their child’s 10 digit State Testing Number.

1. The parent may find it on the Campus Parent Portal report card. Campus Parent Portal>documents>Report Card (top right)
2. The parent may find it in Campus Parent Portal>Assessments “State Testing Number”.

For the 2020-21 school year, schoolchildren must meet two important eligibility requirements:

• Children must have been enrolled in a school district that participates in a federal meal program where meals are served at a school, and
• Children must qualify for free or reduced-price meals based on income and have turned in the free or reduced-priced meals application to school for 2020-21, OR be enrolled in a school that participated in the Community Eligible Provision, Provision 2 or Provision 3 federal program in 2020-21.

There is no application process for these benefits. Families will receive benefits automatically if their school has identified to the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) that a student qualifies.

To learn more about eligibility requirements, what role your school plays in the program, and other details about P-EBT, OSDE developed a set of Frequently Asked Questions here.