Assembly Bill A3811

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring certain public schools to offer Halal food options and Kosher food options during lunch

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A3811 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5195
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§915-a & 915-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A5417
2015-2016: A8474
2017-2018: A4750
2021-2022: S828
2023-2024: A10651, S6338
2025-2026: S1094

2019-A3811 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public schools that have 500 or more students practicing Halal and/or Kosher to offer Halal food options and/or Kosher food options during lunch.

2019-A3811 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3811
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ORTIZ, M. G. MILLER, WEPRIN, COLTON, SIMOTAS,
   DAVILA, RAMOS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. EPSTEIN --  read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to requiring certain
   public schools to offer Halal food options  and  Kosher  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  two  new  sections
 915-a and 915-b to read as follows:
   §  915-A. HALAL FOOD OPTIONS.  ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT HAS FIVE HUNDRED
 OR MORE STUDENTS PRACTICING HALAL SHALL OFFER HALAL FOOD OPTIONS  DURING
 LUNCH.
   §  915-B. KOSHER FOOD OPTIONS. ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT HAS FIVE HUNDRED
 OR MORE STUDENTS PRACTICING  KOSHER  SHALL  OFFER  KOSHER  FOOD  OPTIONS
 DURING LUNCH.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD08248-01-9

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