New York A 1087: Relates to establishing a uterine fibroids awareness and education program

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A01087 Summary:

BILL NOA01087 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJackson

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COSPNSRWeprin, Shimsky, Hyndman, Colton

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §915-a, Ed L

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Enacts the "making equitable and alternative lunches (MEAL) act"; requires a public school to offer a plant-based food option, a halal food option and a kosher food option as an alternative to every meal or snack offered in food service to any student who chooses such alternative meal or snack as an option.

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BILL NOA01087 

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01/08/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1087

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. JACKSON, WEPRIN, SHIMSKY, HYNDMAN -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the "making
 equitable and alternative lunches (MEAL) act"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "making equitable and alternative lunches (MEAL) act".
 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 915-a to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 915-a. Alternative school meal and snack options. 1. As used in this
 6 section:
 7 (a) "Plant-based food option" means food or beverages that are free of
 8 animal products and, as relates to the "protein" portion of a meal,
 9 recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture as a meat
 10 alternate for purposes of the national school lunch program.
 11 (b) "Animal product" means meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, eggs, honey,
 12 and any derivative thereof.
 13 2. Every public school shall offer a plant-based food option, a halal
 14 food option and a kosher food option as an alternative to every meal or
 15 snack offered in food service to any student who chooses such alterna-
 16 tive meal or snack as an option pursuant to subdivision three of this
 17 section.
 18 3. A student or person in parental relation to the student shall have
 19 the option to select an alternative meal or snack option at the begin-
 20 ning of the school year and two additional times during the school year
 21 as determined by such public school district.
 22 4. The alternative food options described in this section shall be
 23 offered at no additional cost to the student beyond what would be
 24 charged for a comparable non-alternative food option.
 25 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to public
 26 school food service beginning with the school year, as defined in the
 27 education law, beginning one year after it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02352-01-5

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