New York A 4218: Relates to a free or reduced meal plan for certain students enrolled at state and city universities

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A04218 Summary:

BILL NOA04218 

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Directs the boards of trustees of SUNY and CUNY to create a free or reduced meal plan to aid students whose household incomes are below the federal poverty line, students participating in educational opportunity programs under section three hundred fifty-five-d of this article and students receiving federal Pell grants.

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BILL NOA04218 

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01/31/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4218

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to a free or reduced food
 plan for certain students enrolled at state and city universities

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

 1 Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
 3 22. The state university trustees shall create a free or reduced meal
 4 plan to aid students whose household incomes are below the federal
 5 poverty line, students participating in educational opportunity programs
 6 under section three hundred fifty-five-d of this article and students
 7 receiving federal Pell grants.
 8 § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 9 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
 10 24. The city university trustees shall create a free or reduced meal
 11 plan to aid students whose household incomes are below the federal
 12 poverty line, students participating in educational opportunity programs
 13 under section three hundred fifty-five-d of this chapter and students
 14 receiving federal Pell grants.
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03802-01-5

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