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Sens. Klein And Oppenheimer Introduce School Lunch Protection Act
Jeffrey D. Klein
May 25, 2006
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Senators Klein and Oppenheimer were joined by City School District of New Rochelle Superintendent Linda E. Kelly, to highlight
“Studies have shown that a balanced, healthy lunch is just as important as a balanced curriculum. School lunch programs are a vital and necessary expense and it’s time the state treats them that way,” Sen. Klein said. “
“I am happy to co-sponsor this legislation, which when passed will include small city school districts, such as New Rochelle, Rye and White Plains, with all other school districts statewide and will allow them to provide cafeteria services under a contingency budget,” said Sen. Oppenheimer.
In 2002, recognizing that providing meals for students, especially students who rely on school lunches to meet a substantial portion of their daily nutritional needs, is an important expense for school districts and one that meets the requirements for contingent expenses, the Legislature made cafeteria services a contingent expense for all fiscally independent school districts in New York except for small city school districts. Klein and Oppenheimer’s legislation would remedy that inequity for 57 school districts statewide and five districts in Westchester County—New Rochelle, Mt. Vernon, Rye City, White Plains and Peekskill.
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