FARE Celebrates New Teacher Training Law in New York
MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education) thanks food allergy advocates, and Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan), State Senator Cordell Cleare (D-30), Governor Kathy Hochul, and their staffs for passing Senate Bill S209A, an epinephrine auto-injector teacher training bill, signed into law on Friday evening. The tireless efforts of our advocates were instrumental in getting this bill, a version of which was originally introduced more than 12 years ago, passed.
- This new teacher training law ensures that students are better protected and safer in the place where they spend most of their day – the classroom.
- FARE Advocates Jill Mindlin and Stacey Saiontz, parents of school age children, led the decade-plus long effort to pass this legislation.
- This law will make a huge difference in the lives of all NY families with school aged children living with food allergies," says Mindlin.
- Over the 12-year lobbying effort, food allergy advocates were joined by teachers, who wanted this essential information, to help build momentum for this law.