New York S 9645: Relates to requiring public schools to offer plant-based food options in food service

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S09645 Summary:

BILL NOS09645 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01834-A

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SPONSORLIU

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, MYRIE, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA,
 SERRANO, SKOUFIS

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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 NOS09645 

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03/31/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9645

 IN SENATE

 March 31, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. LIU, ADDABBO, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, GOUNARDES,
 HARCKHAM, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, MYRIE, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUF-
 IS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed
 to the Committee on Education

 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:
 20 (a) "Plant-based food option" means food or beverages that are free of
 21 animal products and, as relates to the "protein" portion of a meal,
 22 recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture as a meat
 23 alternate for purposes of the national school lunch program.
 24 (b) "Animal product" means meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, eggs, honey,
 25 and any derivative thereof.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02404-03-6

 S. 9645 2

 1 4. In implementing this section, the school and school authorities
 2 shall consult with the school district nutrition advisory committee
 3 under section nine hundred eighteen of this article, where applicable.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to public
 5 school food service beginning with the school year, as defined in the
 6 education law, beginning one year after it shall have become a law.

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