senate Bill S828

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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Jan 05, 2022 referred to education
Jan 06, 2021 referred to education

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S828 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§915-a & 915-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S5195

S828 (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.

S828 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S828 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    828
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RAMOS,  ADDABBO,  KAPLAN, MYRIE -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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.
                                                            LBD05024-01-1

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