What's happening
This bill creates a pilot program allowing selected NYC public schools to distribute leftover frozen meals to students to take home.
Why it matters
Addresses food waste and food insecurity at the same time. By redistributing unused and unopened leftover food as frozen take-home meals, the pilot program aims to reduce waste in school cafeterias while providing extra nutrition for students who may need it outside school hours.
Targets a diverse cross-section of NYC. With one school from each borough participating, the program’s design allows assessment across different communities, potentially revealing varying levels of need, logistical challenges, and cultural acceptance.
Creates a framework for broader adoption. The required reporting and rulemaking by school principals and the chancellor will generate data and best practices, laying the groundwork for possible citywide expansion if the pilot proves successful.
Empowers local school leadership. By allowing principals to determine participation numbers and handle much of the administration, the program tests flexible, locally-managed approaches to supplemental food distribution.
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Send Kids Home With Meals
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History
- Referred to new york city education
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6068
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 16, 2019
Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the New York city school lunch leftover take-home meal pilot program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2589 to read as follows:
§ 2589. New York city lunch leftover take-home meal pilot program. 1. The chancellor of the New York city department of education shall establish a pilot program for the purpose of providing frozen take-home meals to certain children located in the city of New York. The chancellor of the New York city department of education shall select one New York city public school from each borough to participate in the pilot program. Students from schools selected to participate in the pilot program shall have the option to sign up for such program and the principals of the participating schools shall determine how many children to accept into the pilot program. Participating schools shall administer the pilot program which shall include, but shall not be limited to, making frozen take-home meals from unused and unopened leftover food from participating schools. Such meals shall be distributed to children who have been accepted into such pilot program. Such pilot program shall be implemented for a period of one full school year.
2. The chancellor of the New York city department of education shall promulgate rules to implement the requirements of this section.
3. The principal of each participating school shall submit a report to the chancellor of the New York city department of education detailing all data collected by such principal relating to the pilot program for review and full implementation. Such reports shall be submitted no more than thirty days after the completion of the school year.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11880-01-9
S. 6068 2
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the New York city school lunch leftover take-home meal pilot program
Purpose or general idea of bill
To amend the education law, in relation to establishing the New York City SLLT (School Lunch Leftover Take-home)meal pilot program
Summary of provisions
Section 1. the education law is amended by adding a new section 2589
Section 2. The effective date
Justification
Millions of kids in America face the school day on an empty stomach. For children who rely on school lunch, the weekends can be tough.
This pilot program will allow city schools to turn unused and unopened leftover food supplies into take home meals for needy children without the necessary provisions in their home.
Prior legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
This bill shall take effect on the ninetieth day
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