A00695 Summary:
| BILL NO | A00695 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Miller |
| COSPNSR | Sepulveda |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add S915-a, Ed L | |
| Requires certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer Halal food options during lunch to students with dietary restrictions free of charge. | |
A00695 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 695 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- 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 provide Halal food during lunch The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 915-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 915-a. Halal food restrictions. In any city having a population of 4 one million or more, each public school shall provide Halal food to any 5 student who has such a dietary restriction or requirement at no cost to 6 such student. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 8 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 9 ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple- 10 mentation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on 11 or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02884-01-5