New York A 1834: Relates to requiring public schools to offer plant-based food options in food service

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A01834 Summary:

BILL NOA01834A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09645

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SPONSORRajkumar

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COSPNSREpstein, Woerner, Paulin, Reyes, Taylor, Glick, Seawright, Hyndman, Fall, Sayegh, Williams, Weprin,
 Stern, Simon, Jackson, Kelles, McMahon, Rosenthal, Dinowitz, De Los Santos, Bores, Raga, Levenberg,
 Simone, Shimsky, Hevesi, Colton, Clark, Shrestha, Lee, Moreno

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §915-b, Ed L

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Requires public schools to offer plant-based food options in food service.

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BILL NOA01834A

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01/14/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

04/01/2026amend and recommit to education

04/01/2026print number 1834a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1834--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, WOERNER, PAULIN, REYES, TAYLOR, GLICK,
 SEAWRIGHT, HYNDMAN, FALL, SAYEGH, WILLIAMS, WEPRIN, STERN, SIMON,
 JACKSON, KELLES, McMAHON, ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, DE LOS SANTOS, BORES,
 RAGA, LEVENBERG, SIMONE, SHIMSKY, HEVESI, COLTON, CLARK, SHRESTHA --
 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 committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring public
 schools to offer plant-based food options in food service

 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 a new section 915-b
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 915-b. Plant-based food options. 1. Upon request by a student or
 4 person in parental relation to the student, every public school shall
 5 offer the student a plant-based food option as an alternative to every
 6 meal or snack offered in food service to the student. All the public
 7 school's written material describing food offerings shall include the
 8 availability of a plant-based food option. The plant-based food option
 9 shall be offered at no additional cost to the student beyond what would
 10 be charged for a comparable non-plant-based food option.
 11 2. The school shall respond in a reasonable manner and time to any
 12 request made under this section, consistent with guidance by school
 13 authorities. The request shall be effective for every school meal or
 14 snack in which the student is reasonably expected to participate. This
 15 section does not preclude the offering of plant-based food options to
 16 students who have not requested it, and does not preclude an individual
 17 who has requested a plant-based food option from selecting a non-plant-
 18 based food option.
 19 3. As used in this section:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02404-02-6

 A. 1834--A 2

 1 (a) "Plant-based food option" means food or beverages that are free of
 2 animal products and, as relates to the "protein" portion of a meal,
 3 recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture as a meat
 4 alternate for purposes of the national school lunch program.
 5 (b) "Animal product" means meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, eggs, honey,
 6 and any derivative thereof.
 7 4. In implementing this section, the school and school authorities
 8 shall consult with the school district nutrition advisory committee
 9 under section nine hundred eighteen of this article, where applicable.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to public
 11 school food service beginning with the school year, as defined in the
 12 education law, beginning one year after it shall have become a law.

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