S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
July 22, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Wallace) --
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 SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES DETERMINE THAT SUCH SCHOOL OR SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAS A MUSLIM POPULATION GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO TEN PERCENT OF
THE STUDENT BODY OR WHERE HALAL FOOD OPTIONS ARE OTHERWISE REQUESTED BY
RELEVANT INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES SHALL OFFER HALAL FOOD OPTIONS DURING
LUNCH.
§ 915-B. KOSHER FOOD OPTIONS. ANY SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES DETERMINE THAT SUCH SCHOOL OR SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAS A JEWISH POPULATION GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO TWO PERCENT OF
THE STUDENT BODY OR WHERE KOSHER FOOD OPTIONS ARE OTHERWISE REQUESTED BY
RELEVANT INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES 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
and completed on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06318-03-4
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