New York S 591: Relates to eligible purchases by school breakfast and lunch service programs receiving additional state subsidies

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S00591 Summary:

BILL NOS00591A

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SAME ASSAME AS A00839-A

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BAILEY, BORRELLO, BROUK, CLEARE, COONEY, FAHY, GALLIVAN, JACKSON, MYRIE, OBERACKER,
 ROLISON, SKOUFIS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §5, Chap 537 of 1976

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Permits a school food authority to attribute moneys spent on purchases of food products from New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors made for its school breakfast program to the thirty percent of costs for school breakfast, snack and lunch service programs.

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BILL NOS00591A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

02/11/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

02/14/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

02/14/2025PRINT NUMBER 591A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 591--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BORRELLO, BROUK, CLEARE,
 FAHY, GALLIVAN, JACKSON, MYRIE, ROLISON, SKOUFIS, WEBB -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Education -- reported favorably from said committee and committed
 to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 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 purchases of food products from New York
 state farmers, growers, producers or processors

 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 to read as follows:
 7 b. Notwithstanding any monetary limitations with respect to school
 8 lunch programs contained in any law or regulation, for school lunch
 9 meals served in the school year commencing July 1, 2022 and each July 1
 10 thereafter, a school food authority shall be eligible for a State subsi-
 11 dy equal to $0.1901 per free and paid school lunch meal, and $0.0519 per
 12 reduced-price lunch meal, for any school lunch meal served by such
 13 school food authority; provided that the school food authority certifies
 14 to the Department of Agriculture and Markets through the application
 15 submitted pursuant to subdivision c of this section that such food
 16 authority has purchased at least thirty percent of its total cost of
 17 food products for its school lunch service program from New York state
 18 farmers, growers, producers or processors in the preceding school year.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00594-04-5

 S. 591--A 2

 1 Commencing July 1, 2025, and each July 1 thereafter, a school food
 2 authority shall be allowed to attribute moneys spent on purchases of
 3 food products from New York state farmers, growers, producers or proces-
 4 sors made for its school breakfast or snack programs to the thirty
 5 percent of costs for school breakfast and lunch service programs.
 6 c. The Department of Agriculture and Markets in cooperation with the
 7 State Education Department, shall develop an application for school food
 8 authorities to seek an additional State subsidy pursuant to this section
 9 in a timeline and format prescribed by the commissioner of agriculture
 10 and markets. Such application shall include, but not be limited to,
 11 documentation demonstrating the school food authority's total food
 12 purchases for its school breakfast, snack, and lunch service program,
 13 and documentation demonstrating its total food purchases and percentages
 14 for such program, permitted to be counted under this