Provides that a board of education or a board of cooperative educational services shall have the authority to award contracts for school food services on the basis of certain scoring criteria.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9510
SPONSOR: McDonald TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to contracts for
school food services
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::
Section 1. Amends Section 103 of the general municipal law.
Section 2. Effective date.
JUSTIFICATION::
New York State is currently the only remaining state in the country that
requires school districts to procure school food service on a low-bid
basis. Other states have moved to a model where price is the primary
factor but not the only factor. This allows for the school district to
be able to include other aspects of the bid that they view as important
to the health and wellness of their students including food quality,
nutritional requirements, and specialized staffing, among others. It has
been shown that healthy school lunches improve academic performance and
in certain situations may be the only meal a child is receiving that
day. Providing school districts with the flexibility needed to ensure
students are eating quality food at school is imperative.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::
New Bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS::
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9510
IN ASSEMBLY
March 20, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to contracts for
school food services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 103 of the general municipal law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
3 17. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, in the case of
4 contracts for goods, services, or management in the operation of a
5 school's food service, a board of education, on behalf of its school
6 district, or a board of cooperative educational services, shall have the
7 authority to award such contracts on the basis of certain scoring crite-
8 ria specifically set forth in the solicitation documents determined by
9 the procurement office or school board to be essential to the provision
10 of a safe and nutritious food service program with price being the
11 primary factor and most heavily weighted but not the determinative
12 factor.
13 § 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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