Bill Text: NY A08474 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | 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.
LBD06408-01-5
