Int 0204-2010
Requiring the DOE to donate school lunches that have not been consumed.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Educationintroduced 2010-04-29
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2010-04-29Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Education — Department of Education, School Construction Authority, and charter schools.
How it compares
34% of similar bills passed
17 passed · 33 died
This bill: 1342 days in committee
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Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2010-04-29 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2010-04-29 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2010-04-29 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. The New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 530.2 to read as follows:
§530.2 Education department, surplus food and reporting requirement. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Department” shall mean the New York city department of education.
(2) “Food bank organization” shall mean any organization or corporation that works to end hunger and increase access to affordable nutritious food for low-income persons in the city.
(3) “School lunch” shall mean a meal procured by the department for distribution to any student entitled to receive a free or reduced price meal at lunch time.
(4) “Surplus” shall mean any safe and edible food items that have been prepared for consumption, have not been distributed to students, and may be donated in accordance with food safety and New York city department of health rules.
(5) “Unconsumed” shall mean any surplus lunch menu items that have been prepared for distribution and are safe for consumption but have not been consumed.
b. The New York city department of education shall develop a procedure whereby all unconsumed school lunches at all public schools are donated to food bank organizations within New York city on a daily basis.
c. The department shall report to the council annually on or before the first of day of September information concerning the number of school lunches donated pursuant to this section, including, but not limited to:
(1) The total amount spent annually by the department on school lunches disaggregated by school.
(2) The name and location of each school and the number of pounds of food discarded by each such school during the prior school year.
(3) The name and location of each school and the number of pounds of food donated by each such school during the prior school year.
(4) The name and location of each food bank organization that received a food donation from the department.
(5) Disaggregated by community school district and council district, the report shall also include the aggregate of the data required in paragraphs one through four of this subdivision.
d. The annual reports required pursuant to this section shall be made available on the department’s website and to any member of the public upon request.
§2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.
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