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Assembly Bill A1085

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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2019-A1085 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §915-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8322
2015-2016: A695
2017-2018: A484
2021-2022: A4265
2023-2024: A2449
2025-2026: A4289

2019-A1085 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer Halal food options during lunch to students with dietary restrictions free of charge.

2019-A1085 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1085
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- 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
   provide Halal food 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:
   § 915-A. HALAL FOOD RESTRICTIONS.  IN ANY CITY HAVING A POPULATION  OF
 ONE  MILLION OR MORE, EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL PROVIDE HALAL FOOD TO ANY
 STUDENT WHO HAS SUCH A DIETARY RESTRICTION OR REQUIREMENT AT NO COST  TO
 SUCH STUDENT.
   § 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 are 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.
                                                            LBD00131-01-9

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