Bill Text: NY S01032 | 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 a religious faith with specific dietary restrictions to offer food options which meet such dietary restrictions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE [S01032 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S01032-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1032
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 8, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed 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
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. 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 S 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.
LBD02060-01-5
