Assembly Bill A2449

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires certain public schools to provide Halal food during lunch

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A2449 (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
2015-2016: A695
2017-2018: A484
2019-2020: A1085, A5154
2021-2022: A4265

2023-A2449 (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.

2023-A2449 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2449
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  certain
   public schools 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:
   §  915-A.  HALAL FOOD RESTRICTIONS.   1. IN ANY CITY OR COUNTY IN THIS
 STATE, INCLUDING A 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.
   2.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL ONLY APPLY TO A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVING A
 MUSLIM POPULATION EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN FIFTEEN PERCENT THEREOF.  THE
 MUSLIM  POPULATION,  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, SHALL INCLUDE THOSE
 PERSONS, ADULTS AND CHILDREN, WHO  ARE  FULLY  OR  PARTIALLY  OF  MUSLIM
 DESCENT AND SHALL INCLUDE ALL THOSE PERSONS AND ETHNIC GROUPS IDENTIFIED
 AS  MUSLIM  BY  THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU FOR PURPOSES OF THE YEAR
 TWO THOUSAND TEN FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS.
   § 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 are 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.
                                                            LBD06785-01-3

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