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S3336 • 2025

Relates to contracts for school food services

Relates to contracts for school food services

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Sponsor
Jeremy Cooney
Last action
2026-05-13
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Relates to contracts for school food services

Relates to contracts for school food services Provides that a board of education or a board of cooperative educational services shall have the authority to award contracts for school food services on the basis of certain scoring criteria.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to contracts for school food services Provides that a board of education or a board of cooperative educational services shall have the authority to award contracts for school food services on the basis of certain scoring criteria.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-13 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-05-13 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-05-13 Assembly

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

  4. 2026-05-07 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-05-06 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-05-05 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.964

  7. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  9. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

  10. 2025-03-26 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  11. 2025-03-26 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  12. 2025-03-26 Assembly

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

  13. 2025-03-20 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  14. 2025-03-19 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  15. 2025-03-18 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.559

  16. 2025-01-27 Senate

    REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS

Official Summary Text

Relates to contracts for school food services
Provides that a board of education or a board of cooperative educational services shall have the authority to award contracts for school food services on the basis of certain scoring criteria.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3336

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 27, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  COONEY,  HELMING, ROLISON, WEBB -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Procurement and Contracts

        AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to contracts for
          school food services; and providing for the repeal of such  provisions
          upon expiration thereof

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Section 103 of the general  municipal  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
     3    17.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION, IN THE CASE OF
     4  CONTRACTS FOR GOODS, SERVICES, OR  MANAGEMENT  IN  THE  OPERATION  OF  A
     5  SCHOOL'S  FOOD  SERVICE,  A  BOARD OF EDUCATION, ON BEHALF OF ITS SCHOOL
     6  DISTRICT, OR A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, SHALL HAVE THE
     7  AUTHORITY TO AWARD SUCH CONTRACTS ON THE BASIS OF CERTAIN SCORING CRITE-
     8  RIA SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS  DETERMINED  BY
     9  THE  PROCUREMENT OFFICE OR SCHOOL BOARD TO BE ESSENTIAL TO THE PROVISION
    10  OF A SAFE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD  SERVICE  PROGRAM  WITH  PRICE  BEING  THE
    11  PRIMARY  FACTOR  AND  MOST  HEAVILY  WEIGHTED  BUT NOT THE DETERMINATIVE
    12  FACTOR.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    14  deemed repealed five years after such effective date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03265-01-5