Bill Text: NY S09144 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires all public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in the state that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program as provided in the national child nutrition act to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to the student.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-11 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S09144 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S09144-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9144 IN SENATE May 11, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- 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 providing universal school meals to students 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. Universal school meals. 1. The department shall require all 4 public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in the 5 state that participate in the national school lunch program or school 6 breakfast program as provided in the national child nutrition act, as 7 amended, to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to the student. Public 8 school districts, charter schools and non-public schools shall maximize 9 access to federal funds for the cost of school breakfast and lunch 10 programs by adopting Provision 2 of the federal Community Eligibility 11 Provisions or any other provision under such act, the National School 12 Lunch Act or the National Child Nutrition Act as deemed eligible by the 13 department. 14 2. To the extent that the cost of making available school lunches and 15 breakfasts pursuant to subdivision one of this section are not reimburs- 16 able through federal funds, the department shall reimburse all such 17 costs. The department shall reimburse the difference between the amount 18 paid by the United States Department of Agriculture and the free rate as 19 set annually by the United States Secretary of Agriculture under 42 20 U.S.C. 1759a for each school. 21 3. The department in consultation with the office of temporary and 22 disability assistance shall promulgate any rule or regulation needed for 23 public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools to 24 promote the supplemental nutrition assistance program to a student or 25 person in parental relation to a student by either providing application 26 assistance or a direct referral to an outreach partner identified by the 27 department to the office of temporary and disability assistance to 28 increase the number of students directly certified for free or reduced 29 price school meals. 30 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14994-01-2