Assembly Bill A695

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires certain public schools in N.Y. city to provide Halal food 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-A695 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §915-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8322
2017-2018: A484
2019-2020: A1085, A5154
2021-2022: A4265
2023-2024: A2449

2015-A695 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer Halal food options during lunch to students with dietary restrictions free of charge.

2015-A695 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   695

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- 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
  provide Halal food 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 RESTRICTIONS.  IN ANY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF
ONE MILLION OR MORE, EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL PROVIDE HALAL FOOD TO  ANY
STUDENT  WHO HAS SUCH A DIETARY RESTRICTION OR REQUIREMENT AT NO COST TO
SUCH STUDENT.
  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.
                                                           LBD02884-01-5

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