Assembly Bill A6850

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires that parents of students at student orientations, back to school nights, or other beginning of year events receive notification of eligibility for free or reduced price meals for students

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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-A6850 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6358
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §908-a, Ed L

2023-A6850 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that parents of students at student orientations, back to school nights, or other beginning of year events, at schools that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program, receive notification of eligibility, and access to application, for free or reduced price meals for students.

2023-A6850 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6850
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that parents
   of  students  at student orientations, back to school nights, or other
   beginning of year events receive notification of eligibility for  free
   or reduced price meals for students

   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  908-a
 to read as follows:
   §  908-A. NOTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEALS.
 EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, CHARTER SCHOOL AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE
 STATE THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM  OR  SCHOOL
 BREAKFAST  PROGRAM  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT, AT ANY NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION,
 BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, OR OTHER BEGINNING OF YEAR EVENT AT  A  SCHOOL  IN
 SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR AT SUCH CHARTER SCHOOL OR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL, TO
 WHICH  THE PARENTS OF ENROLLED STUDENTS ARE INVITED, EACH SUCH PARENT IN
 ATTENDANCE RECEIVES PROMINENT NOTIFICATION OF AND ACCESS,  IN  PAPER  OR
 ELECTRONIC FORM, OR BOTH, TO INFORMATION ABOUT APPLICATION AND ELIGIBIL-
 ITY  FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE MEALS FOR STUDENTS AND A FILLABLE FREE OR
 REDUCED PRICE MEALS APPLICATION THAT MAY BE COMPLETED AND  SUBMITTED  ON
 SITE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10644-01-3

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