Senate Bill S639

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires school lunch periods to be scheduled between two and one-half hours and four hours after the start of the school day

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

  • 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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2023-S639 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §813, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5285
2011-2012: S52
2013-2014: S239
2015-2016: S193
2017-2018: S4078, S7068
2019-2020: S2365
2021-2022: S2894

2023-S639 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school lunch periods to be scheduled between two and one-half hours and four hours after the start of the school day.

2023-S639 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S639 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    639
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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  scheduling  school
   lunch periods
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 813 of the education law, as added by  chapter  296
 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   § 813. School lunch period; scheduling.  Each school shall schedule [a
 reasonable  time]  TIMES  FOR  STUDENTS  TO  CONSUME LUNCH THAT BEGIN NO
 EARLIER THAN TWO AND ONE-HALF HOURS AND NO LATER THAN FOUR  HOURS  AFTER
 THE  START  OF THE SCHOOL DAY for each full day pupil attending pre-kin-
 dergarten through grade twelve [to consume lunch].
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of  August  occurring  in
 the year two years after which this act becomes a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02430-01-3

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