S 5057: Increases the state subsidy for school lunch meals where at least thirty percent of the school breakfast service, lunch service and reimbursable snack program food was purchased from New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors in the preceding year.
This act, known as the Healthy Schools, Healthy Students Act, amends existing state laws to increase the state subsidy for school lunch meals served in eligible school districts. Starting with the school year commencing July 1, 2028, school food authorities will receive a state subsidy of $0.30 per lunch meal, provided they certify that at least thirty percent of their total food product costs for breakfast, lunch, and snack programs were purchased from New York State farmers, growers, producers, or processors in the preceding school year. This additional subsidy is separate from and does not replace any other state or federal reimbursements. The per-meal subsidy amount established in this section will increase annually by one and one-half percent over the prior school year's applicable amount, with the adjusted amount published by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets on or befor…
- What is the current status of S 5057?
- As of October 28, 2026, S 5057 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on October 28, 2026, was "PRINT NUMBER 5057B".
- Did S 5057 pass?
- Not yet. S 5057 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5057, and where is it now?
- S 5057 was authored by Sen. Michelle Hinchey with 2 coauthors.
| Oct. 28, 2026 | PRINT NUMBER 5057B |
| Oct. 28, 2026 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE |
| Feb. 12, 2026 | PRINT NUMBER 5057A |
| Feb. 12, 2026 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO FINANCE |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5057 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend chapter 537 of the laws of 1976 relating to paid, free and reduced price breakfast for eligible pupils in certain school districts, in relation to increasing the state subsidy for school lunch meals The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision b of section 5 of chapter 537 of the laws of 2 1976 relating to paid, free and reduced price breakfast for eligible 3 pupils in certain school districts, as amended by section 32-a of part A 4 of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 5 b. Notwithstanding any monetary limitations with respect to school 6 lunch programs contained in any law or regulation, for school lunch 7 meals served in the school year commencing July 1, 2022 and each July 1 8 thereafter, a school food authority shall be eligible for a State subsi- 9 dy equal to [$0.1901] $0.25 per [free and paid] school lunch meal[, and10$0.0519 per reduced-price lunch meal,] for any school lunch meal served 11 by such school food authority; provided that the school food authority 12 certifies to the Department of Agriculture and Markets through the 13 application submitted pursuant to subdivision c of this section that 14 such food authority has purchased at least thirty percent of its total 15 cost of food products for its school lunch service program from New York 16 state farmers, growers, producers or processors in the preceding school 17 year. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09089-01-5