S08560 Summary:
| BILL NO | S08560 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | MAY |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §915-b, Ed L | |
| Directs the department of education to issue guidance for schools to offer take-home meals in the event of a disruption in food assistance programs or other circumstances identified by the department as creating a risk of food insecurity among students. | |
S08560 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8560 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE October 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the depart- ment of education to issue guidance for schools to offer take-home meals in the event of a disruption in food assistance programs 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-b 2 to read as follows: 3 § 915-b. Take-home lunches; SNAP substitute. The department shall 4 develop guidance for schools in the state to provide students with an 5 additional take-home meal at the end of each school day in the event of 6 a disruption in federal or state food assistance programs or other 7 circumstances identified by the department as creating a risk of food 8 insecurity among students. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13994-03-5