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S01077 Summary:

BILL NO	S01077
SAME AS	SAME AS A00446
SPONSOR	GOUNARDES
COSPNSR	HOYLMAN-SIGAL
MLTSPNSR
Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study on food insecurity at public and private higher education institutions.

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S01077 Actions:

BILL NO	S01077
01/10/2023	REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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S01077 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1077
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 10, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
        AN  ACT to authorize and direct the commissioner of education to conduct
          a study on food insecurity at  public  and  private  higher  education
          institutions

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. 1. The commissioner of education is hereby  authorized  and
     2  directed  to conduct a study on reducing and eliminating food insecurity
     3  at public and private higher education institutions.  Such  study  shall
     4  include, but not be limited to:
     5    (a) evaluating sustainable solutions to address basic food needs;
     6    (b)  increasing  awareness of services currently offered which address
     7  basic food needs; and
     8    (c) partnering with businesses or farms  which  could  provide  excess
     9  food.
    10    2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the commissioner
    11  of  education  shall  post  a  report  on  the department of education's
    12  website and deliver such report to the governor, the temporary president
    13  of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader  of  the
    14  senate and the minority leader of the assembly. The report shall include
    15  recommendations  for  legislation and administrative actions that can be
    16  undertaken to reduce and eliminate food insecurity at public and private
    17  higher education institutions.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02479-01-3

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