A09653 Summary:

BILL NOA09653
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORWoerner
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §3641, Ed L
 
Establishes a farm-to-school food service reimbursement program for school districts which have purchased at least thirty percent of their total food products, including both dairy and non-dairy products, for their food service programs from New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors, based upon the number of federally reimbursable meals served to students under such program agreements entered into by the commissioner and such districts.
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A09653 Actions:

BILL NOA09653
 
03/27/2024referred to education
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A09653 Committee Votes:

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A09653 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A09653 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A9653
 
SPONSOR: Woerner
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a farm- to-school food service reimbursement program   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to simplify and conform how individual school districts and New York state calculate the thirty percent thresh- old needed for food purchases from New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors to qualify individual school districts for an additional twenty-five cents of reimbursement per school lunch meal in excess of current federal and state reimbursement rates.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: adds subdivision 18 to section 3641 of the education law to direct the commissioner to provide enhanced reimbursement to districts with school lunch programs that purchase at least thirty percent of their total food products for their school food service programs from NYS farmers, growers, producers and processors. Section 2: establishes the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: New York State provides enhanced reimbursement to school districts that purchase at least thirty percent of their total food products for their school lunch service program from NYS farmers, growers, producers and processors. Nonetheless, most school districts do not track their food purchases for a specific mealtime. Instead, districts purchase bulk food products to be utilized throughout each of the meals they provide at different times, including breakfast, lunch, and afterschool snacks. This contrast between how NYS 'determines eligibility for enhanced lunch reimbursement (based solely on food provided at lunch), and how schools actually serve their food purchases (throughout the day at different mealtimes), creates a significant administrative barrier to partic- ipation in the farm to school enhanced reimbursement program. In fact, under the current program, only 7% of school food authorities - an aver- age of about 50 schools per year - reach the thirty percent threshold based solely on school lunch purchases. This bill simplifies the calcU- lation of thirty percent by permitting school districts to attribute the full amount of their purchases from NYS farmers, growers, producers and processors to the full amount of their overall food purchases to qualify for enhanced school lunch service reimbursement.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: TBD   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A09653 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9653
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 27, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing  a  farm-
          to-school food service reimbursement program
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 3641 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 18 to read as follows:
     3    18.  Farm-to-school  food  service  reimbursement program. For the two
     4  thousand twenty-four--two thousand twenty-five school year and thereaft-
     5  er, the commissioner shall reimburse districts with school food  service
     6  programs an additional twenty-five cents per school lunch meal in excess
     7  of  federal  and  state  rates  of  reimbursement,  provided  that  such
     8  districts have purchased at least thirty percent  of  their  total  food
     9  products,  including  both  dairy and non-dairy products, for their food
    10  service programs from New York  state  farmers,  growers,  producers  or
    11  processors, based upon the number of federally reimbursable meals served
    12  to  students  under  such program agreements entered into by the commis-
    13  sioner and such districts.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14950-02-4
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