Assembly Bill A5945

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes the environmental sustainability education act

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A5945 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3258
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9384, A3726, S4561
2011-2012: A5581, S1571
2013-2014: A264, S1351
2015-2016: A5845, S1437
2019-2020: S3586
2021-2022: S3299
2023-2024: S730

2017-A5945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of education to establish an education for environmental sustainability program to teach children the importance of conserving and protecting our environment.

2017-A5945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5945
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, COLTON, JAFFEE, BICHOTTE -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M.  of A. GUNTHER, THIELE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  establishing  the  New  York state environmental sustainability
   education act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York
 State Environmental Sustainability Education Act".
   § 2. Legislative findings. The legislature finds and declares that:
   1. In recognition of  the  United  Nations  Decade  of  Education  for
 Sustainable  Development  (2005-2014),  as  declared at the Johannesburg
 Summit of 2002, New York state deems it imperative to develop and imple-
 ment an educational program geared towards  improving  the  capacity  of
 people to address environmental issues in the 21st century.
   2. Our ability to fulfill our responsibility to equip New York's citi-
 zens with the required knowledge, skills, attitudes and values needed to
 create  a  sustainable future and enhance our quality of life have never
 been more critical.
   3. More than any other time in recent  history,  New  York's  citizens
 have  the capacity to dramatically affect their natural environment, and
 mitigate and possibly reverse  our  society's  negative  impact  on  our
 natural surroundings.
   4.  New  technologies  and research have availed unparalleled opportu-
 nities for us to develop and protect resources in a manner that  enables
 people  to  meet  current needs, while also providing that future gener-
 ations can meet future needs.
   5. To successfully confront these environmental concerns and sensitiv-
 ities, we must put forth a vision of education  that  seeks  to  empower
 people  of  all ages to assume responsibility for creating a sustainable
 future.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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