A09653 Summary:
BILL NO | A09653 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S09014 |
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SPONSOR | Woerner |
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Amd §3641, Ed L | |
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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. |
A09653 Actions:
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03/27/2024 | referred to education |
A09653 Memo:
Go to topNEW 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.
A09653 Text:
Go to top 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
A09653 LFIN:
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