2025-26 Academic Year
Community Dining Plans:
| Dining Plan | Dining Dollars | Bonus Dollars | Total Dollars | Plan Cost |
| Poly 275 | 275 | 25 | $300 | $275 |
| Poly 550 | 550 | 50 | $600 | $550 |
| Poly 1100 | 1100 | 150 | $1250 | $1100 |
| Poly 1600 | 1600 | 250 | $1850 | $1600 |
| Poly 2350 | 2350 | 400 | $2750 | $2350 |
| Poly 5500 | 5500 | 1000 | $6500 | $5500 |
PLEASE READ THESE PROVISIONS
Community Dining Plans ("Community Plans") are offered by Campus Dining, a unit of Cal Poly Partners, to the Patron (student, staff, or faculty at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo). By using the Community Plan, the Patron agrees to the following terms and conditions:
1. USING THE COMMUNITY PLAN. The Community Plan is used to purchase food and beverage items from dining venues on campus and is a dollar-for-dollar declining balance account. Value expires at the end of the academic year on June 15, 2026. Available plan dollars include Dining Dollars and Bonus Dollars. Dining Dollars are redeemed before Bonus Dollars.
2. ELIGIBILTY. All active Cal Poly students, faculty and staff may purchase Community Plans, per the terms of this agreement.
3. ACCESS. Community Plans are a type of "Value Account Plan" that is accessed through the magnetic strip on the back of the Community Plan Patron's University ID card ("PolyCard"), or the ISO number for electronic purchases using a mobile food ordering platform. Patrons must present the PolyCard to purchase goods with the Community Plan at registers. It is the Patron's responsibility to acquire the PolyCard before using the Community Plan. Campus Dining provides all food service support at the University and can be contacted at 805-756-5939 or campusdining@calpoly.edu.
4. VENUES. Other venues may be added or changed throughout the year. Venues may be open for limited hours, which will be posted at each venue. Dining Dollars and Bonus Dollars can be used for food services at all restaurants on campus.
5. PURCHASE AND ADDITIONAL LOADS. Community Plans can be purchased, and subsequent loads can be added, for a set number of plan dollars (Total Dollars) by logging into the MyCalPoly portal (https://myportal.calpoly.edu), going to the Money Matters tab, and clicking on the "Go to My Account or Place Order" link, by credit card Visa, MasterCard, or Discover. Online purchase and additional loads by credit card are usually instantaneous but may be delayed due to network traffic. Restitution is required for overdrafts resulting from purchases made while the register system may be off-line, with the computer server showing updated balances.
6. CANCELLATION. Poly 5500, Poly 2350, Poly 1600, Poly 1100, and Poly 550 Community Plans can be canceled at any time up through June 14, 2026, and with no cancellation fee. Any unspent Dining Dollars balance less Bonus Dollars will be refunded to the Patron. Bonus Dollars are non-refundable. Patrons who purchased their Community Plan through the University Housing portal (StarRez platform) will have their refund credited to their student account with the University Student Accounts Office. Patrons who purchased through the Cal Poly portal's Money Matters link (JSA platform) will receive their refund on the same card used to make the Community Plan purchase, or via check.
7. FORFEITURE. Any unused dollars on the Community Plan will be forfeited at the end of each academic year after the expiration date June 15, 2026, unless a rollover is applied (see next section, 8. ROLLOVER).
8. ROLLOVER. Any unused dollars on the Community Plan can rollover to the next academic year if a Community Dining Plan for 2026-2027 academic year is purchased by June 20, 2026, and maintained.
9. PURCHASING WHEN PATRON MAY HAVE MULTIPLE VALUE ACCOUNT PLANS. There are multiple "Value Account Plans" available to Patrons on campus and all are accessed through the PolyCard. The registers are generally set to deduct value from the PolyCard in the following order: Dining Credits, Plu$ Dollars, Mustang Meal Share, Community Dining Plan, and then Campus Express. Patrons are to select the desired payment account when using a mobile food ordering platform.
10. NO TRANSFERS. The use of the Community Plan is limited to the Patron whose name appears on the PolyCard. The value of the Community Plan may not be resold, assigned, transferred, or used by anyone else without prior authorization of Campus Dining.
11. UNAUTHORIZED USE. Unauthorized use of the PolyCard or the Community Plan value, including use by a party other than the person identified on the PolyCard, or tampering with or altering the PolyCard may warrant confiscation and possible disciplinary action by the University, a fine, and possible forfeiture of value expended.
12. LOST OR STOLEN CARDS. The Patron is responsible for any charges on a lost or stolen PolyCard. Patron is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the PolyCard in good working order. The PolyCard must be readable by Campus Dining's cash registers for a purchase to be transacted. It is the Patron's responsibility to report a lost or stolen PolyCard to the University's PolyCard Office.
13. NO INTEREST. No interest or other earnings will be credited to the account by Cal Poly Corporation.
14. MISCELLANEOUS. Any situation not specifically addressed herein will be resolved at the sole discretion of Campus Dining. Campus Dining cannot be responsible for payments that are lost, late, misdirected, mutilated, or delayed. Campus Dining is not responsible for incomplete, incorrect, or illegible entries made by the Patron during the application or add value process.
15. AMENDMENT OF TERMS. Campus Dining may amend the terms of this Contract at any time.