S52-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO EDUCATION
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO EDUCATION

S52-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S52

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the education law, in relation to scheduling school lunch
periods

PURPOSE OF BILL:
This bill would require school lunch periods to be
scheduled between two and one-half hours and four hours after the
start of the school day.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 813 of the education law, as
added by chapter 296 of the laws of 1994, is amended to provide that
school lunch periods would be scheduled for at least two and one-half
hours but not more than four hours after the start of the school day
for those attending full day pre-kindergarten through grade twelve.

JUSTIFICATION:
The current law requires that lunch be served at a
"reasonable" time, but does not define what is reasonable. As school
districts deal with overcrowding issues, many schools schedule lunch
at an unreasonably early or late time. This bill will specify the
reasonable hours within which schools can serve lunch.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009-10: S.5285 (Squadron) - Education, A.7439 (Kavanagh) - Education

FISCAL IMPACT ON THE STATE:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of August
occurring in the year two years after which this act becomes a law.

S52-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                          52
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 5, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- 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  scheduling  school
 lunch periods
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1.

Section 813 of the education law, as added by  chapter  296
 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:

 

S 813. School lunch period; scheduling.  Each school shall schedule [a
 reasonable  time]  TIMES  FOR  STUDENTS  TO  CONSUME LUNCH THAT BEGIN NO
 EARLIER THAN TWO AND ONE-HALF HOURS AND NO LATER THAN FOUR  HOURS  AFTER
 THE  START  OF THE SCHOOL DAY for each full day pupil attending pre-kin
 dergarten through grade twelve [to consume lunch].
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of  August  occurring  in
 the year two years after which this act becomes a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00081-01-1

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