Bill Text: NY S02838 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires public schools in any city with a population over one million that have at least 25% of students practicing a religious faith with specific dietary restrictions to offer food options which meet such dietary restrictions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION [S02838 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2838
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to requiring certain
          public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer
          food options during lunch
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 915-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 915-a. Food options. In any city having over  one  million  inhabit-
     4  ants, any public school that has twenty-five percent or more of students
     5  practicing  a  religious  faith with specific dietary restrictions shall
     6  offer food options which meet such dietary restrictions.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     8  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
     9  ment  and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple-
    10  mentation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made  on
    11  or before such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07698-01-9