Assembly Bill A4328

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires certain public schools in N.Y. city to offer Halal food options during lunch

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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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2015-A4328 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S353
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง915-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8255, S6463
2017-2018: A2473, S4950, S8007
2019-2020: A7102, S2096
2021-2022: A4851
2023-2024: A1301, A8909

2015-A4328 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer Halal food options during lunch.

2015-A4328 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4328

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 30, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEPULVEDA,  SIMOTAS, CRESPO, COLTON, WALTER,
  GOODELL, MOYA, BROOK-KRASNY, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
  BRENNAN,  COOK, CROUCH, PERRY, RAMOS, RIVERA, ROBINSON, SCHIMEL, STECK
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
  public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer
  Halal food options during lunch

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  915-a
to read as follows:
  S  915-A.  HALAL  FOOD  OPTIONS.  IN  ANY CITY HAVING OVER ONE MILLION
INHABITANTS, EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL OFFER HALAL  FOOD  OPTIONS  DURING
LUNCH.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the  imple-
mentation  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on
or before such date.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01586-01-5

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