Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 29, 2021 | signed chap.315 |
Jul 21, 2021 | delivered to governor |
Jun 09, 2021 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.215 substituted for a6527a |
Jun 09, 2021 | substituted by s5151a |
Jun 01, 2021 | ordered to third reading rules cal.215 rules report cal.215 reported |
May 24, 2021 | reported referred to rules |
May 12, 2021 | print number 6527a |
May 12, 2021 | amend and recommit to education |
Mar 19, 2021 | referred to education |
assembly Bill A6527A
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
KELLES
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S5151 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Catalina Cruz
Amanda Septimo
Charles Lavine
A6527 - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S5151
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §908, Ed L
A6527 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6527 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting schools or school districts from filing a lawsuit against a student's parent or guardian for unpaid meal fees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 908 of the education law, as added by section 1 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: § 908. Prohibition against meal shaming. All public school districts, charter schools and non-public schools in the state that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program in which there is a school at which all pupils are not eligible to be served breakfast and lunch under the community eligibility provision or provision two of the federal national school lunch act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1751 et seq., shall develop a plan to ensure that a pupil whose parent or guardian has unpaid school meal fees is not shamed or treated differ- ently than a pupil whose parent or guardian does not have unpaid school meal fees. The plan shall be submitted to the commissioner by July first, two thousand eighteen, or sixty days from the effective date of this section after enactment in conformance with regulations of the commissioner. FOLLOWING SUCH INITIAL SUBMISSION, SUCH PLAN SHALL BE RE-SUBMITTED WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ANY SUBSE- QUENT AMENDMENT TO THIS SECTION. After submission of such plan, the school or school district shall adopt and post the plan on its website. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements: a. A statement that the school or school district shall provide the student with the student's meal of choice for that school day of the available reimbursable meal choices for such school day, if the student requests one, unless the student's parent or guardian has specifically provided written permission to the school to withhold a meal, provided EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Co-Sponsors
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Catalina Cruz
Amanda Septimo
Charles Lavine
A6527A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S5151
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §908, Ed L
A6527A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6527--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KELLES, DINOWITZ, CRUZ, SEPTIMO, LAVINE, SEAWRIGHT, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, MITAYNES, SILLITTI, JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting schools or school districts from filing a lawsuit against a student's parent or guardian for unpaid meal fees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph iv of subdivision e of section 908 of the educa- tion law, as added by section 1 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: iv. take any action directed at a pupil to collect unpaid school meal fees. A school or school district may attempt to collect unpaid school meal fees from a STUDENT'S parent or guardian, but shall not use a debt collector, as defined in section eight hundred three of the federal consumer credit protection act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1692a OR FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST SUCH STUDENT'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN; or § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09900-04-1