A 1078: Enacts the "Drink Up Act"; requires every public school to offer water in a sealed bottled container as an additional drink option to any student during lunch at no cost to such student.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1078 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the Drink Up Act requiring public schools to provide water during lunch The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "Drink Up Act". 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 916-c to 4 read as follows: 5 § 916-c. Water during lunch; requirement. Every public school shall 6 offer water in a sealed bottled container as an additional drink option 7 to any student during lunch at no cost to such student. 8 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 9 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 10 ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple- 11 mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on 12 or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02372-01-5