Requires public schools in any city with a population over one million that have at least 25% of students practicing Halal to offer Halal food options during lunch.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8474
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
October 9, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, MILLER, WEPRIN, COLTON, SIMOTAS, DAVILA,
RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring certain
public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer
Halal 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. Halal food options. In any city having over one million
4 inhabitants, any public school that has twenty-five percent or more of
5 students practicing Halal shall offer Halal food options during lunch.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
7 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
8 ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple-
9 mentation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on
10 or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06408-01-5
