Requires that parents of students at student orientations, back to school nights, or other beginning of year events, at schools that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program, receive notification of eligibility, and access to application, for free or reduced price meals for students.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1526
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 10, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. MAY -- 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 requiring that parents
of students at student orientations, back to school nights, or other
beginning of year events receive notification of eligibility for free
or reduced price meals for students
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 908-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 908-a. Notification of eligibility for free or reduced price meals.
4 Each public school district, charter school and non-public school in the
5 state that participates in the national school lunch program or school
6 breakfast program shall ensure that, at any new student orientation,
7 back to school night, or other beginning of year event at a school in
8 such school district, or at such charter school or non-public school, to
9 which the parents of enrolled students are invited, each such parent in
10 attendance receives prominent notification of and access, in paper or
11 electronic form, or both, to information about application and eligibil-
12 ity for free or reduced price meals for students and a fillable free or
13 reduced price meals application that may be completed and submitted on
14 site.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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