New York A 6619: Increases the state subsidy for school lunch meals

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A06619 Summary:

BILL NOA06619A

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SAME ASSAME AS S05057-A

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SPONSORLupardo

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COSPNSRKelles, McMahon, McDonald, Schiavoni

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §5, Chap 537 of 1976

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Increases the state subsidy for school lunch meals based on the percentage of breakfast service, lunch service and reimbursable snack program food purchased from New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors.

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BILL NOA06619A

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03/06/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

02/19/2026amend and recommit to education

02/19/2026print number 6619a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6619--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, KELLES -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in
 accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 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. Subdivisions b and c of section 5 of chapter 537 of the
 2 laws of 1976 relating to paid, free and reduced price breakfast for
 3 eligible pupils in certain school districts, subdivision b as amended by
 4 section 32-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024 and subdivision
 5 c as amended by section 22-b of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of
 6 2022, are amended and two new subdivisions b-1 and c-1 are added to read
 7 as follows:
 8 b. Notwithstanding any monetary limitations with respect to school
 9 lunch programs contained in any law or regulation, for school lunch
 10 meals served in the school year commencing July 1, [2022] 2027 and each
 11 July 1 thereafter, a school food authority shall be eligible for a State
 12 subsidy equal to [$0.1901 per free and paid school lunch meal, and
 13 $0.0519 per reduced-price lunch meal,] an amount per school lunch meal
 14 determined pursuant to paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of this subdivi-
 15 sion for any school lunch meal served by such school food authority;
 16 provided that the school food authority certifies to the Department of
 17 Agriculture and Markets through the application submitted pursuant to
 18 subdivision c of this section that such food authority has purchased at
 19 least thirty percent of its total cost of food products for its school
 20 breakfast service, lunch service, and reimbursable snack program from

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09089-03-6

 A. 6619--A 2

 1 New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors in the preced-
 2 ing school year. Payments pursuant to this subdivision shall be separate
 3 from and shall not supplant or offset any other state or federal
 4 reimbursement, aid, grant, or payment for school meals or child nutri-
 5 tion programs, including but not limited to the state reimbursement
 6 amount for school lunch meals. Where the school food authority certi-
 7 fies that it has purchased at least thirty percent of its total cost of
 8 food products permitted to be counted under this section for its school
 9 breakfast service, lunch service, and reimbursable snack program from
 10 New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors in the preced-
 11 ing school year, the amount of the state subsidy payable pursuant to
 12 this subdivision shall be:
 13 (i) twenty-six cents per school lunch meal where such percentage is at
 14 least thirty percent but not more than forty percent;
 15 (ii) twenty-eight cents per school lunch meal where such percentage is
 16 at least forty-one percent but not more than fifty percent; and
 17 (iii) thirty cents per school lunch meal where such percentage is
 18 fifty-one percent or greater.
 19 b-1. E