In an effort to curb the cost and time our District bears each year in returned checks (Non Sufficient Funds‐NSF, Account Closed, Fraud and Stop Payment), Food and Nutrition Services has contracted with Automated Recovery Solutions.

ARS provides this service to numerous School Districts around the country. They are in charge of collecting checks for our District that are not honored by check writers’ banks. For NSF checks, ARS will electronically monitor a bad check writer’s account, and have authorization to make (2) electronic attempts for the Face amount of the check plus a state authorized Return Fee as follows:

Amount of Check Written Return Fee
$.01 to $50.00 $25.00
$50.01 to $300.00 $30.00
$300.01‐$800.00 $40.00
$800.01 ‐ Plus 5% of Face of Check

If a check is returned Account Closed, Fraudulent, Stop Payment or the NSF Item is unable to be electronically recovered due to a zero balance, letters will be sent from ARS indicating the check writer must pay the Full Face amount plus the above authorized state Fees within (15) business days.