Establishes an Oneida county school milk pilot program allowing public schools in Oneida county to be reimbursed by the state for certain milk purchases.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7828--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
December 20, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing an Oneida
county school milk pilot program; and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon expiration thereof
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. Oneida county school milk pilot program. 1. There is hereby
4 established a school milk pilot program in Oneida county. All public
5 secondary, middle, and high schools in Oneida county may purchase and
6 shall be reimbursed by the state for any purchase of self-serve milk
7 dispensers, bulk milk orders, and milk in shelf-stable aseptic carton
8 packaging.
9 2. The commissioner shall perform a study to analyze how Oneida county
10 school milk pilot program impacts the milk carton shortage in the state.
11 3. On or before three hundred sixty-five days after the implementation
12 of the Oneida county school milk pilot program, the commissioner shall
13 complete the study conducted pursuant to subdivision two of this section
14 and shall thereafter deliver a copy of the findings of the study and any
15 legislative recommendations he or she deems necessary to the governor,
16 the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
18 have become a law and shall expire one year after such effective date
19 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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