Bill Text: NY A08474 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8474 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires public schools in any city with a population over one million that have at least 25% of students practicing Halal to offer Halal food options during lunch.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A08474 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A08474-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8474
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    October 9, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. ORTIZ, MILLER, WEPRIN, COLTON, SIMOTAS, DAVILA,
         RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on 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
         Halal 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    S  915-A.  HALAL  FOOD  OPTIONS.  IN  ANY CITY HAVING OVER ONE MILLION
    4  INHABITANTS, ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT HAS TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OR  MORE  OF
    5  STUDENTS PRACTICING HALAL SHALL OFFER HALAL FOOD OPTIONS DURING LUNCH.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    7  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    8  ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the  imple-
    9  mentation  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on
   10  or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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