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Assembly Bill A3375

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires certain public schools in N.Y. city to offer Halal food options during lunch

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2025-A3375 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S667
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §915-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8255
2015-2016: A4328
2017-2018: A2473
2019-2020: A7102
2021-2022: A4851
2023-2024: A1301, A8909, S9590

2025-A3375 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer Halal food options during lunch.

2025-A3375 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3375
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RAGA, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, CHANG -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
   public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer
   Halal 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 a new section  915-a
 to read as follows:
   §  915-A.  HALAL  FOOD  OPTIONS.  IN  ANY CITY HAVING OVER ONE MILLION
 INHABITANTS, EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL OFFER HALAL  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.
                                                            LBD02546-01-5

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