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NY A01087
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Chantel Jackson
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AI Summary
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Requires every public school to offer plant-based, halal, and kosher food options as alternatives to every meal and snack served
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Defines "plant-based food option" as food free of animal products, with protein portions meeting USDA standards as meat alternates for the national school lunch program
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Allows students or parents to select an alternative meal option at the beginning of the school year plus two additional times during the year
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Prohibits charging students additional costs for alternative food options beyond what comparable non-alternative options would cost
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Takes effect one year after becoming law
Legislative Description
Enacts the "making equitable and alternative lunches (MEAL) act"; requires a public school to offer a plant-based food option, a halal food option and a kosher food option as an alternative to every meal or snack offered in food service to any student who chooses such alternative meal or snack as an option.
Last Action
referred to education
1/7/2026