New York A 4174: Requires that parents of students at student orientations, back to school nights, or other beginning of year events receive notification of eligibility for free or reduced price meals for students

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A04174 Summary:

BILL NOA04174 

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Requires that parents of students at student orientations, back to school nights, or other beginning of year events, at schools that participate in the national school lunch program or school breakfast program, receive notification of eligibility, and access to application, for free or reduced price meals for students.

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BILL NOA04174 

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01/31/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4174

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that parents
 of students at student orientations, back to school nights, or other
 beginning of year events receive notification of eligibility for free
 or reduced price meals for students

 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 908-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 908-a. Notification of eligibility for free or reduced price meals.
 4 Each public school district, charter school and non-public school in the
 5 state that participates in the national school lunch program or school
 6 breakfast program shall ensure that, at any new student orientation,
 7 back to school night, or other beginning of year event at a school in
 8 such school district, or at such charter school or non-public school, to
 9 which the parents of enrolled students are invited, each such parent in
 10 attendance receives prominent notification of and access, in paper or
 11 electronic form, or both, to information about application and eligibil-
 12 ity for free or reduced price meals for students and a fillable free or
 13 reduced price meals application that may be completed and submitted on
 14 site.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04360-01-5

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