CHICAGO ( WGN ) — Illinois has become the first state in the nation to ensure that public schools, hospitals and other state-run institutions like prisons offer halal and kosher meals to those who request them.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed the “Faith by Plate Act” into law last Friday, making Illinois a testing ground for the new requirement. The law took effect immediately.
“It allows access to a nutritional meal, nutritional equity for students who often times are not able to have a meal packed from home,” said Amina Barhumi with the Muslim Civic Coalition…