Senate Bill S2874

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a task force on food, nutrition and physical education for New York city schools; appropriation

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S2874 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2998
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Appropriations
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3930, A6256
2013-2014: S1439, A691
2015-2016: A3306

2009-S2874 - Summary

Establishes a task force on food, nutrition and physical education to investigate and establish appropriate and healthy meal plans and physical education standards for New York city schools; appropriates funds therefor.

2009-S2874 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2874 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2874

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to establish a task force on food, nutrition and physical  educa-
  tion  to  investigate and establish appropriate and healthy meal plans
  and physical education standards for New York city schools; making  an
  appropriation therefor 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:

  Section 1. The commissioner of education is hereby directed to  create
a  task  force  on food, nutrition and physical education to investigate
and establish appropriate and healthy meal plans and physical  education
standards for New York city schools.
  S  2.  The task force shall consist of 15 members and shall be chaired
by the commissioner of education or his designee. Five members shall  be
appointed  by  the  commissioner  of  education;  two  members  shall be
appointed upon the recommendation of the chancellor of the  city  school
district  of  New York; three members shall be appointed upon the recom-
mendation of the governor; two  members  shall  be  appointed  upon  the
recommendation  of the speaker of the assembly; and two members shall be
appointed upon the recommendation of  the  temporary  president  of  the
senate.  The  commissioner  of  education  may invite appropriate ad hoc
representatives from other state and/or local agencies to serve  on  the
task  force.  Vacancies  on the task force shall be filled in the manner
provided for original appointments.
  S 3. The task force shall report its findings, conclusions and  recom-
mendations  to  the  governor, temporary president of the senate and the
speaker of the assembly by September 1, 2010.
  S 4. The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars  ($25,000),  or  so  much
thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the department of
education  from  any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01851-01-9
              

2009-S2874A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2998
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Appropriations
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3930, A6256
2013-2014: S1439, A691
2015-2016: A3306

2009-S2874A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a task force on food, nutrition and physical education to investigate and establish appropriate and healthy meal plans and physical education standards for New York city schools; appropriates funds therefor.

2009-S2874A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2874A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 2874--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted  to
  the  Committee  on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to establish a task force on food, nutrition and physical educa-
  tion to investigate and establish appropriate and healthy  meal  plans
  and  physical education standards for New York city schools; making an
  appropriation therefor 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:

  Section  1. The commissioner of education is hereby directed to create
a task force on food, nutrition and physical  education  to  investigate
and  establish appropriate and healthy meal plans and physical education
standards for New York city schools.
  S 2. The task force shall consist of 15 members and shall  be  chaired
by  the commissioner of education or his designee. Five members shall be
appointed by  the  commissioner  of  education;  two  members  shall  be
appointed  upon  the recommendation of the chancellor of the city school
district of New York; three members shall be appointed upon  the  recom-
mendation  of  the  governor;  two  members  shall be appointed upon the
recommendation of the speaker of the assembly; and two members shall  be
appointed  upon  the  recommendation  of  the temporary president of the
senate. The commissioner of education  may  invite  appropriate  ad  hoc
representatives  from  other state and/or local agencies to serve on the
task force. Vacancies on the task force shall be filled  in  the  manner
provided for original appointments.
  S  3. The task force shall report its findings, conclusions and recom-
mendations to the governor, temporary president of the  senate  and  the
speaker of the assembly by September 1, 2011.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01851-02-0
              

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