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A 3173: Requires school meal nutritional facts and ingredient list be provided for meals provided to students before serving such meal; allows such information to be posted on the school district website; requires the school district to notify parents or guardians of any changes in the meals, the new nutritional facts, and the itemized list of ingredients.
What A 3173 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill requires school districts to provide nutritional facts and ingredient lists for meals served to students. These facts and lists must be included on the meal schedule or on the district's website prior to the meal being served. If the meal schedule is changed, the district must notify parents and guardians of the change, the new nutritional facts, and the itemized list of ingredients prior to the meal being served. This notification can be made electronically, on the district website, or in another manner determined by the school district. The information will be available to parents and guardians prior to the meal being served.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to education (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 23, 2025 | referred to education |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 23, 2025 · 296 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3173 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school meal nutritional facts and ingredient lists be provided 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 918-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 918-a. School meal nutritional facts and ingredient list. When a 4 district or the district's nutrition advisory committee, if applicable, 5 determines a prospective meal schedule for students in grades kindergar- 6 ten through twelve, the district shall include on such prospective meal 7 schedule or on the district website the nutritional facts for such meals 8 and an itemized list of the ingredients used in each meal. The informa- 9 tion required pursuant to this section shall be distributed or made 10 available prior to the meal being served. If a district shall make any 11 changes to the meal schedule for the students, then the district must 12 notify the parents and guardians of the change, the new nutritional 13 facts, and the itemized list of ingredients prior to the meal being 14 served. The notification of change may be made electronically, on the 15 district website or in any other manner as determined by the school 16 district. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 18 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06113-01-5
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