Requires public schools in any city with a population over one million that have students practicing a religious faith with specific dietary restrictions to offer food options which meet such dietary restrictions upon the students' request.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1731
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, CRUZ, VANEL, ROZIC, EPSTEIN, RAGA -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring public
schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food
options during lunch
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. Food options. In any city having over one million inhabit-
4 ants, any public school that has students practicing a religious faith
5 with specific dietary restrictions shall offer food options which meet
6 such dietary restrictions upon the students' request.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
8 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
9 ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple-
10 mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on
11 or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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