S 3336 NY
Relates to contracts for school food services
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Summary
This bill amends New York's General Municipal Law to allow boards of education and boards of cooperative educational services to award school food service contracts based on specific scoring criteria outlined in procurement documents, rather than solely on the basis of price. The bill requires that price be the primary and most heavily weighted factor in the scoring criteria, but allows other essential factors related to providing safe and nutritious food service to also be considered. The bill is temporary and will expire five years after taking effect.
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Official abstract
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.
Sponsor (1)
- Jeremy Cooney Democratic · primary
7 coauthors / cosponsors
- Pamela Helming Republican · cosponsor
- Michelle Hinchey Democratic · cosponsor
- Peter Oberacker Republican · cosponsor
- Steve Rhoads Republican · cosponsor
- Robert Rolison Republican · cosponsor
- Mark Walczyk Republican · cosponsor
- Lea Webb Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (16)
- Jan 27, 2025 REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS · upper
- Mar 18, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.559 · upper
- Mar 19, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Mar 20, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Mar 26, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Mar 26, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Mar 26, 2025 REFERRED TO EDUCATION · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS · upper
- May 5, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.964 · upper
- May 6, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- May 7, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 13, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 13, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 13, 2026 REFERRED TO EDUCATION · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S03336 Summary: BILL NO S03336   SAME AS SAME AS A02576
  SPONSOR COONEY   COSPNSR HELMING, HINCHEY, OBERACKER, RHOADS, ROLISON, WALCZYK, WEBB   MLTSPNSR   Amd §103, Gen Muni L   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.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
3336
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
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
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