assembly Bill A8474

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires certain public schools in N.Y. city to offer Halal food options during lunch

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Jan 06, 2016 referred to education
Oct 09, 2015 referred to education

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A8474 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง915-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5417
2017-2018: A4750
2019-2020: A3811

A8474 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

A8474 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                    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
                               ___________

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:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  915-a
to read as follows:
  S  915-A.  HALAL  FOOD  OPTIONS.  IN  ANY CITY HAVING OVER ONE MILLION
INHABITANTS, ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT HAS TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OR  MORE  OF
STUDENTS PRACTICING HALAL SHALL OFFER HALAL FOOD OPTIONS DURING LUNCH.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the  imple-
mentation  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on
or before such date.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06408-01-5