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Senate Bill S6068

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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2019-S6068 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate New York City Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2589, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S5659
2023-2024: S7332
2025-2026: S6032

2019-S6068 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2019-S6068 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6068 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6068
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               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:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  2589
 to read as follows:
   §  2589. NEW YORK CITY LUNCH LEFTOVER TAKE-HOME MEAL PILOT PROGRAM. 1.
 THE CHANCELLOR OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL ESTAB-
 LISH A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FROZEN TAKE-HOME MEALS
 TO CERTAIN CHILDREN LOCATED IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. THE  CHANCELLOR  OF
 THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL SELECT ONE NEW YORK CITY
 PUBLIC  SCHOOL  FROM  EACH  BOROUGH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PILOT PROGRAM.
 STUDENTS FROM SCHOOLS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PILOT PROGRAM SHALL
 HAVE THE OPTION TO SIGN UP FOR SUCH PROGRAM AND THE  PRINCIPALS  OF  THE
 PARTICIPATING  SCHOOLS  SHALL DETERMINE HOW MANY CHILDREN TO ACCEPT INTO
 THE PILOT PROGRAM. PARTICIPATING  SCHOOLS  SHALL  ADMINISTER  THE  PILOT
 PROGRAM  WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, MAKING FROZEN
 TAKE-HOME MEALS FROM UNUSED AND UNOPENED LEFTOVER FOOD FROM  PARTICIPAT-
 ING  SCHOOLS.  SUCH MEALS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN
 ACCEPTED INTO SUCH PILOT PROGRAM. SUCH PILOT  PROGRAM  SHALL  BE  IMPLE-
 MENTED FOR A PERIOD OF ONE FULL SCHOOL YEAR.
   2.  THE  CHANCELLOR OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL
 PROMULGATE RULES TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   3. THE PRINCIPAL OF EACH PARTICIPATING SCHOOL SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO
 THE CHANCELLOR OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION  DETAILING
 ALL  DATA  COLLECTED BY SUCH PRINCIPAL RELATING TO THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR
 REVIEW AND FULL IMPLEMENTATION. SUCH REPORTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED NO  MORE
 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

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