Directs the department of education of the city of New York to provide information to the public relating to inspections of school kitchens and cafeterias.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7684
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 9, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to public school cafeteria and school kitchen inspection data
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
2 by adding a new section 23-702 to read as follows:
3 § 23-702 School cafeteria and kitchen inspection data. a. Whenever any
4 cafeteria or kitchen in a school of the city school district is
5 inspected by the department of health and mental hygiene, the city
6 school district shall post the following information on its website:
7 1. the date of the inspection or reinspection;
8 2. the name and address of the school where the inspected cafeteria or
9 kitchen is located;
10 3. the facts established observed violations, if any, during such
11 inspection and the severity level of such violations;
12 4. citations to the laws, regulations or rules for any violations
13 observed during such inspection; and
14 5. any corrective actions taken in response to such inspection.
15 b. Inspection results posted on the website for the city department of
16 education pursuant to this section shall be searchable by the school
17 name and address.
18 c. At least once every school year, the principal of every school of
19 the city school district where students use a cafeteria or kitchen shall
20 inform the parent or legal guardian of each student of such school that
21 the information required by this section is available on the website of
22 the city department of education. The principal shall inform such parent
23 or legal guardian that such information is available in a manner
24 consistent with how other information is communicated to such parent or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 legal guardian, including, but not limited to, email, mail, parent news-
2 letter or notice to students to show their parent or legal guardian.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
4 have become a law.
