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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10657
IN ASSEMBLY
March 19, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
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 the Oneida
10 county school milk pilot program impacts the milk carton shortage in the
11 state.
12 3. On or before three hundred sixty-five days after the implementation
13 of the Oneida county school milk pilot program, the commissioner shall
14 complete the study conducted pursuant to subdivision two of this section
15 and shall thereafter deliver a copy of the findings of the study and any
16 legislative recommendations such commissioner deems necessary to the
17 governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the
18 assembly.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
20 have become a law and shall expire one year after such effective date
21 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed.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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