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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9510--A
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 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to contracts for
school food services; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
upon expiration thereof
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 and shall expire and be
14 deemed repealed five years after such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14838-03-4
