Requires school meal nutritional facts and ingredient list be provided for meals provided to students before serving such meal; allows such information to be posted on the school district website; requires the school district to notify parents or guardians of any changes in the meals, the new nutritional facts, and the itemized list of ingredients.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 4, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school meal
nutritional facts and ingredient lists be provided
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 918-a
to read as follows:
§ 918-A. SCHOOL MEAL NUTRITIONAL FACTS AND INGREDIENT LIST. WHEN A
DISTRICT OR THE DISTRICT'S NUTRITION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IF APPLICABLE,
DETERMINES A PROSPECTIVE MEAL SCHEDULE FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES KINDERGAR-
TEN THROUGH TWELVE, THE DISTRICT SHALL INCLUDE ON SUCH PROSPECTIVE MEAL
SCHEDULE OR ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE THE NUTRITIONAL FACTS FOR SUCH MEALS
AND AN ITEMIZED LIST OF THE INGREDIENTS USED IN EACH MEAL. THE INFORMA-
TION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED OR MADE
AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE MEAL BEING SERVED. IF A DISTRICT SHALL MAKE ANY
CHANGES TO THE MEAL SCHEDULE FOR THE STUDENTS, THEN THE DISTRICT MUST
NOTIFY THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF THE CHANGE, THE NEW NUTRITIONAL
FACTS, AND THE ITEMIZED LIST OF INGREDIENTS PRIOR TO THE MEAL BEING
SERVED. THE NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE MAY BE MADE ELECTRONICALLY, ON THE
DISTRICT WEBSITE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER AS DETERMINED BY THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14066-03-0
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