A 1731: Requires public schools in any city with a population over one million that have students practicing a religious faith with specific dietary restrictions to offer food options which meet such dietary restrictions upon the students' request.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1731 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, CRUZ, VANEL, ROZIC, EPSTEIN, RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch 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 915-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 915-a. Food options. In any city having over one million inhabit- 4 ants, any public school that has students practicing a religious faith 5 with specific dietary restrictions shall offer food options which meet 6 such dietary restrictions upon the students' request. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 8 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 9 ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple- 10 mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on 11 or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03574-01-5