Bill Text: NY S06068 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6068 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires the chancellor of the NYC department of education to establish a pilot program for the purpose of providing frozen take-home meals to certain children located in the city of New York; and requires the chancellor of the NYC department of education to select one NYC public school from each borough to participate in such pilot program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION [S06068 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06068-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6068

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing  the  New
          York city school lunch leftover take-home meal pilot program

          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  2589
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  2589. New York city lunch leftover take-home meal pilot program. 1.
     4  The chancellor of the New York city department of education shall estab-
     5  lish a pilot program for the purpose of providing frozen take-home meals
     6  to certain children located in the city of New York. The  chancellor  of
     7  the New York city department of education shall select one New York city
     8  public  school  from  each  borough to participate in the pilot program.
     9  Students from schools selected to participate in the pilot program shall
    10  have the option to sign up for such program and the  principals  of  the
    11  participating  schools  shall determine how many children to accept into
    12  the pilot program. Participating  schools  shall  administer  the  pilot
    13  program  which shall include, but shall not be limited to, making frozen
    14  take-home meals from unused and unopened leftover food from  participat-
    15  ing  schools.  Such meals shall be distributed to children who have been
    16  accepted into such pilot program. Such pilot  program  shall  be  imple-
    17  mented for a period of one full school year.
    18    2.  The  chancellor of the New York city department of education shall
    19  promulgate rules to implement the requirements of this section.
    20    3. The principal of each participating school shall submit a report to
    21  the chancellor of the New York city department  of  education  detailing
    22  all  data  collected by such principal relating to the pilot program for
    23  review and full implementation. Such reports shall be submitted no  more
    24  than thirty days after the completion of the school year.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11880-01-9

        S. 6068                             2

     1    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     2  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
     3  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
     4  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
     5  on or before such effective date.