STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3731 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school meal nutritional facts and ingredient lists be provided 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 918-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 918-a. School meal nutritional facts and ingredient list. When a 4 district or the district's nutrition advisory committee, if applicable, 5 determines a prospective meal schedule for students in grades kindergar- 6 ten through twelve, the district shall include on such prospective meal 7 schedule or on the district website the nutritional facts for such meals 8 and an itemized list of the ingredients used in each meal. The informa- 9 tion required pursuant to this section shall be distributed or made 10 available prior to the meal being served. If a district shall make any 11 changes to the meal schedule for the students, then the district must 12 notify the parents and guardians of the change, the new nutritional 13 facts, and the itemized list of ingredients prior to the meal being 14 served. The notification of change may be made electronically, on the 15 district website or in any other manner as determined by the school 16 district. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 18 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01004-01-1