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NY S 2059

in committee

Relates to a free or reduced meal plan for certain students enrolled at state and city universities

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Directs the boards of trustees of SUNY and CUNY to create a free or reduced meal plan to aid students whose household incomes are below the federal poverty line, students participating in educational opportunity programs under section three hundred fifty-five-d of this article and students receiving federal Pell grants.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Lea Webbprimary
  • Robert Jacksoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-15

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S2059?summary=&detail=

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