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Meal Plan Terms and Conditions

SUNY Canton requires all students living on-campus to participate in a meal plan but all students may sign up to enjoy the convenience of dining on campus. All meal plans selected are annual (fall and spring) agreements. Students are billed for a new meal plan each semester.

Students can select from a variety of meal plans to fit their needs. Residential students are required to have a meal plan. The college also offers commuter students a plan designed to meet their varied campus schedules. All of the meal plans include meals at Chaney Dining Center and Campus Cash (dining dollars) associated with your meal plan that may be spent at on-campus eateries, and The Campus Store. All funds that come with a meal plan are non-refundable. Unused Campus Cash does roll over from fall to spring semester with the purchase of a meal plan in the spring semester. Any student who does not purchase a meal plan for the spring semester will forfeit any unused Campus Cash at the end of the fall semester. Unused meals at the end of a week do not roll over.

All meal plans selected are annual (fall and spring) agreements. Students are billed for a new meal plan each semester. All rates are per semester.

Meal Plans are loaded onto your Campus ID and work similar to a debit card. Each time you visit Chaney Dining Center the staff will “swipe” your card and meals will be deducted from your plan. Only one meal plan purchase per semester is allowed.

• Meal “Swipes” provide in-person access to our all-you-care-to-eat dining center (Chaney) and refer to the number of meals available with that meal plan in any one week. The meal plan runs from Monday through Sunday. No credit is awarded for “missing swipes” / non-usage of a meal plan.
• Guest passes let you bring friends and family to dine with you in Chaney Dining Center. Students with 10, 210 block plan, or 19 meal plans receive 5 guest passes that may be redeemed for a guest or as an added meal for yourself. Students who do not intend to use their guest passes may donate them via the Swipe it Forward program.
• Campus Cash – Refers to dining dollars associated with your meal plan that may be used at on-campus retail locations (Cyber Cafe, Roos Court, Rendezvous, Joey’s, The Corner, Chaney, and the Campus Store) with the exception of the micro-market. Retail locations sell items a la carte and your Campus Cash has the purchasing power of equal to one dollar but no cash value. These locations also accept other forms of payment.
• Your SUNY Canton ID card identifies you as owner of a dining meal plan. It must be scanned at check-in and/or presented to the cashier every time you eat a meal at Chaney. The cards are non-transferable and can only be used by the owner. DO NOT LEND YOUR ID CARD TO ANYONE. If presented by anyone other than the owner, it will be confiscated for your protection.
• Chaney Dining Center is an all you can eat facility for in-person dining with multiple food stations containing a wide variety of products and menu offerings.
• Takeaway is available via a token system for the Ozzi reusable container that comes with your meal plan. When using the takeout container option, the “swipe” is used for takeaway only. Diners fill their takeout containers from the available options. Takeout containers are not allowed to be eaten within the dining center and are considered one-trip. If you wish to dine-in and then get a takeout box, it is two swipes.

Charges & Plan Balance

• Changes to meal plans must be made by Friday at 4:00 pm of the first full week of classes.
• Students moving from a Traditional Residence Hall to Kennedy Hall will have the option to remain on their chosen plan or to select the Kennedy Hall plan based upon a prorated schedule. Students moving from Kennedy Hall to a Traditional Hall must change to a larger meal plan since Traditional Halls do not have kitchens.
• Students may review account balances, add funds and manage their card account by using the GET System; which can be accessed online at get.cbord.com or on the mobile app, GET Mobile. It is also used to report your ID card lost or found, make online deposits by debit or credit card and upload or update your ID photo.
• Meal plans are non-transferable and are for the use of the meal plan holder only. Sharing meal plan funds is not permitted. Meal plans are a contract between you and College Association, Inc. Dining Services and are regulated by NYS law. All students who live on campus are required to have a residential meal plan.
• Plan balances (i.e. unused “swipes”) do not “rollover” from one semester to another. The meal plan runs from Monday through Sunday.
• Unused Campus Cash rolls forward from Fall to the Spring semester with the purchase of a Spring semester meal plan. If there is no purchase of a Spring semester meal plan, unused Campus Cash is forfeited. Campus Cash does not roll from Spring to Fall.
• Meal plan refunds will only be issued though the fourth week of the semester. No refunds are issued in cases of disciplinary dismissal from the college.
  First Week | 100%
  Second Week | 70%
  Third Week  | 50%
  Fourth Week | 30%
  Fifth Week | 0%
• Each student is responsible / required to complete the meal plan survey every semester to select their mail plan via UCanWeb.
• College Association is able to accommodate many individual diets and most medically necessitated food requirements are available (Gluten Free, vegetarian, etc.). We do recognize, however, that there may be extenuating circumstances under which relief from the meal plan regulations may be appropriate. If you have a special medical condition that necessitates a modification or release from your meal plan contract, please contact the Dining Center in Chaney Dining Center (1st floor), contact mealplans@canton.edu, or call 315-386-7634 to discuss further.