Bill Text: NY S01094 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires schools that have a Muslim or Jewish population greater than or equal to ten percent of the student body to offer Halal food options and/or Kosher food options during lunch.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01094 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S01094-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1094

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 8, 2025
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  RAMOS,  ADDABBO, PARKER, RIVERA -- 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 certain
          public schools to offer Halal food options  and  Kosher  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  two  new  sections
     2  915-a and 915-b to read as follows:
     3    §  915-a.  Halal food options. Any school or school district where the
     4  board of education or trustees determine  that  such  school  or  school
     5  district has a Muslim population greater than or equal to ten percent of
     6  the  student body or where Halal food options are otherwise requested by
     7  relevant individuals or entities shall offer Halal food  options  during
     8  lunch.
     9    §  915-b. Kosher food options. Any school or school district where the
    10  board of education or trustees determine  that  such  school  or  school
    11  district has a Jewish population greater than or equal to two percent of
    12  the student body or where Kosher food options are otherwise requested by
    13  relevant  individuals or entities shall offer Kosher food options during
    14  lunch.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    16  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    17  ment  and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple-
    18  mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on
    19  or before such date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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