Assembly Bill A10384

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires school meal nutritional facts and ingredient list be provided for such meals

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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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2019-A10384 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7686
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §918-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3731, S969
2023-2024: A1373

2019-A10384 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school meal nutritional facts and ingredient list be provided for meals provided to students before serving such meal; allows such information to be posted on the school district website; requires the school district to notify parents or guardians of any changes in the meals, the new nutritional facts, and the itemized list of ingredients.

2019-A10384 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10384
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 4, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school  meal
   nutritional facts and ingredient lists be provided
 
   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  918-a
 to read as follows:
   §  918-A.  SCHOOL  MEAL  NUTRITIONAL FACTS AND INGREDIENT LIST. WHEN A
 DISTRICT OR THE DISTRICT'S NUTRITION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IF  APPLICABLE,
 DETERMINES A PROSPECTIVE MEAL SCHEDULE FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES KINDERGAR-
 TEN  THROUGH TWELVE, THE DISTRICT SHALL INCLUDE ON SUCH PROSPECTIVE MEAL
 SCHEDULE OR ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE THE NUTRITIONAL FACTS FOR SUCH MEALS
 AND AN ITEMIZED LIST OF THE INGREDIENTS USED IN EACH MEAL.  THE INFORMA-
 TION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE  DISTRIBUTED  OR  MADE
 AVAILABLE  PRIOR  TO THE MEAL BEING SERVED. IF A DISTRICT SHALL MAKE ANY
 CHANGES TO THE MEAL SCHEDULE FOR THE STUDENTS, THEN  THE  DISTRICT  MUST
 NOTIFY  THE  PARENTS  AND  GUARDIANS  OF THE CHANGE, THE NEW NUTRITIONAL
 FACTS, AND THE ITEMIZED LIST OF INGREDIENTS  PRIOR  TO  THE  MEAL  BEING
 SERVED.  THE  NOTIFICATION  OF CHANGE MAY BE MADE ELECTRONICALLY, ON THE
 DISTRICT WEBSITE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14066-03-0

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