Cristina, The Allergy and Anaphylaxis Act of 2007 (A.4051/S.298),
passed in New York State as a state law as you know this summer,
definitely does not have funding attached to it as described below.
Neither did the similar state bill version in 2006. The text of the law
now in effect can be found at http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?
bn=A04051. I think Donna is thinking of the federal legislation, known
as The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act (HR.2063 / S.1232) .
This federal bill has not been voted on yet and its chances at passage
are probably not great. This federal bill, both its 2006 version and in
its 2007 version does have a provision to provide for "school- based
food allergy management incentive grants to local educational agencies
to assist such agencies with adoption and implementation of food
allergy management guidelines in public k-12 schools." This must be
what Donna has seen and does not realize the state law passed is
different that the federal bill that has been introduced but not
passed. I hope this helps. - Robert (Food Allergy Initiative)