Raises State Lunch Pay for Local Food

Latest action (2026-10-28): PRINT NUMBER 5057B

Would raise the state's per-meal school lunch payment to $0.30 starting July 1, 2028. Schools must buy at least 30% of their food from New York producers to qualify.

Increases the state subsidy for school lunch meals where at least thirty percent of the school breakfast service, lunch service and reimbursable snack program food was purchased from New York state farmers, growers, producers or processors in the preceding year.

Sponsor details for this state bill are at the source link.

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