Assembly Bill A9653

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a farm-to-school food service reimbursement program

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    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A9653 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9014
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3641, Ed L

2023-A9653 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a farm-to-school food service reimbursement program for school districts which have purchased at least thirty percent of their total food products, including both dairy and non-dairy products, for their food service programs from New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors, based upon the number of federally reimbursable meals served to students under such program agreements entered into by the commissioner and such districts.

2023-A9653 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9653
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 27, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing  a  farm-
   to-school food service reimbursement program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 3641 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   18.  FARM-TO-SCHOOL  FOOD  SERVICE  REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. FOR THE TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFT-
 ER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REIMBURSE DISTRICTS WITH SCHOOL FOOD  SERVICE
 PROGRAMS AN ADDITIONAL TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER SCHOOL LUNCH MEAL IN EXCESS
 OF  FEDERAL  AND  STATE  RATES  OF  REIMBURSEMENT,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH
 DISTRICTS HAVE PURCHASED AT LEAST THIRTY PERCENT  OF  THEIR  TOTAL  FOOD
 PRODUCTS,  INCLUDING  BOTH  DAIRY AND NON-DAIRY PRODUCTS, FOR THEIR FOOD
 SERVICE PROGRAMS FROM NEW YORK  STATE  FARMERS,  GROWERS,  PRODUCERS  OR
 PROCESSORS, BASED UPON THE NUMBER OF FEDERALLY REIMBURSABLE MEALS SERVED
 TO  STUDENTS  UNDER  SUCH PROGRAM AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER AND SUCH DISTRICTS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14950-02-4

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