Bill Text: NY S07332 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the chancellor of the NYC department of education to establish a pilot program for the purpose of providing frozen take-home meals to certain children located in the city of New York; requires the chancellor of the NYC department of education to select one NYC public school from each borough to participate in such pilot program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION [S07332 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07332-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7332

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 19, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  New  York  City
          Education

        AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the New
          York city school lunch leftover take-home meal pilot program

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 2589
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 2589. New York city lunch leftover take-home meal pilot program.  1.
     4  The chancellor of the New York city department of education shall estab-
     5  lish a pilot program for the purpose of providing frozen take-home meals
     6  to  certain  children located in the city of New York. The chancellor of
     7  the New York city department of education shall select one New York city
     8  public school from each borough to participate  in  the  pilot  program.
     9  Students from schools selected to participate in the pilot program shall
    10  have  the  option  to sign up for such program and the principals of the
    11  participating schools shall determine how many children to  accept  into
    12  the  pilot  program.  Participating  schools  shall administer the pilot
    13  program which shall include, but shall not be limited to, making  frozen
    14  take-home  meals from unused and unopened leftover food from participat-
    15  ing schools. Such meals shall be distributed to children who  have  been
    16  accepted  into  such  pilot  program. Such pilot program shall be imple-
    17  mented for a period of one full school year.
    18    2. The chancellor of the New York city department of  education  shall
    19  promulgate rules to implement the requirements of this section.
    20    3. The principal of each participating school shall submit a report to
    21  the  chancellor  of  the New York city department of education detailing
    22  all data collected by such principal relating to the pilot  program  for
    23  review  and full implementation. Such reports shall be submitted no more
    24  than thirty days after the completion of the school year.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08072-01-3
        S. 7332                             2

     1    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     2  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
     3  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
     4  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
     5  on or before such effective date.