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S07620 Summary:

BILL NO	S07620
SAME AS	SAME AS A07231
SPONSOR	COMRIE
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §915-a, Ed L
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.

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S07620 Actions:

BILL NO	S07620
01/31/2018	REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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S07620 Committee Votes:

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S07620 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7620
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 31, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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.
                                                                   LBD10970-01-7

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