S 1094: Requires schools that have a Muslim or Jewish population greater than or equal to ten percent of the student body to offer Halal food options and/or Kosher food options during lunch.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1094 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, ADDABBO, PARKER, RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring certain public schools to offer Halal food options and Kosher 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 two new sections 2 915-a and 915-b to read as follows: 3 § 915-a. Halal food options. Any school or school district where the 4 board of education or trustees determine that such school or school 5 district has a Muslim population greater than or equal to ten percent of 6 the student body or where Halal food options are otherwise requested by 7 relevant individuals or entities shall offer Halal food options during 8 lunch. 9 § 915-b. Kosher food options. Any school or school district where the 10 board of education or trustees determine that such school or school 11 district has a Jewish population greater than or equal to two percent of 12 the student body or where Kosher food options are otherwise requested by 13 relevant individuals or entities shall offer Kosher food options during 14 lunch. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 16 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 17 ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple- 18 mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on 19 or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03228-01-5