STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8909 IN ASSEMBLY January 26, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAGA -- 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 § 915-a. Halal food options. In any city having over one million 4 inhabitants, each public school shall offer Halal food options during 5 lunch. 6 § 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 are authorized to be made 10 and completed on or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04987-01-3