Effingham County school lunch prices will increase five cents next year in compliance with a federally mandated provision for school systems nationwide. “We have to make sure that all the funds we receive are properly allocated to the meals,” said School Nutrition Program administrator for Effingham County schools, June Poulsen. “So they did not give us a time frame of when we had to meet that dollar amount; they just said that all districts have to make that progress toward closing the gap.”