New York S 6668: Expands the eligibility period for indigent legal service attorneys to receive certain loan forgiveness and increases loan reimbursement for certain attorneys who work in legal services with indigent clients

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S06668 Summary:

BILL NOS06668 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07590

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SPONSORWALCZYK

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §5, Chap 537 of 1976; add §§915-a, 915-b & 915-c, Ed L

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Relates to purchases of food products for school meals from New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors; prohibits sale of school foods containing certain synthetic color additives; establishes a "healthy kitchens, healthy schools program" to provide grants for kitchen upgrades; prohibits school meals from containing more than 25 grams of added sugars per day, in aggregate.

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BILL NOS06668 

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03/19/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6668

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 19, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and 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 healthy school meals

 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.
 19 Commencing July 1, 2025, and each July 1 thereafter, a school food
 20 authority shall be allowed to attribute moneys spent on purchases of
 21 food products from New York state farmers, growers, producers or proces-
 22 sors made for its school breakfast or snack programs to the thirty
 23 percent of costs for school breakfast and lunch service programs.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10040-03-5

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 1 c. The Department of Agriculture and Markets in cooperation with the
 2 State Education Department, shall develop an application for school food
 3 authorities to seek an additional State subsidy pursuant to this section
 4 in a timeline and format prescribed by the commissioner of agriculture
 5 and markets. Such application shall include, but not be limited to,
 6 documentation demonstrating the school food authority's total food
 7 purchases for its school breakfast, snack, and lunch service program,
 8 and documentation demonstrating its total food purchases and percentages
 9 for such program, permitted to be counted under this section, from New
 10 York State farmers, growers, producers or processors in the preceding
 11 school year. The application shall also include an attestation from the
 12 school food authority's chief operating officer that it purchased at
 13 least thirty percent of its total cost of food products, permitted to be
 14 counted under this section, for its school breakfast, snack, and lunch
 15 service program from New York