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Assembly Bill A1472

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to instruction in food, agriculture and nutrition in elementary and high school

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2011-A1472 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง804-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10702
2013-2014: A760
2015-2016: A544
2017-2018: A2899
2019-2020: A877
2021-2022: A1557
2023-2024: A395
2025-2026: A604

2011-A1472 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to instruction in food, agriculture and nutrition in elementary and high school; contents may be varied to meet the needs of particular school districts; need not be uniform throughout the state; school districts shall utilize either the curriculum for health education instruction regarding food, agriculture and nutrition prescribed by the commissioner or a course approved by the commissioner in accordance with criteria established by the commissioner.

2011-A1472 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1472

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 10, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to instruction  in  food,
  agriculture and nutrition

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  804-e
to read as follows:
  S  804-E.  HEALTH EDUCATION REGARDING FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION.
1. ALL SCHOOLS SHALL INCLUDE, AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF  HEALTH  EDUCATION,
INSTRUCTION  ON FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION TO PROMOTE EATING BEHAV-
IOR THAT ENHANCES THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE STUDENTS.
  2. INSTRUCTION REGARDING FOOD,  AGRICULTURE  AND  NUTRITION  SHALL  BE
INCLUDED  IN  THE  HEALTH  EDUCATION  PROVIDED FOR ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PUPILS AND SHALL BE TAUGHT BY  THE  REGULAR  CLASSROOM  TEACHERS  OR  BY
TEACHERS  CERTIFIED TO TEACH HEALTH EDUCATION. SUCH INSTRUCTION SHALL BE
DESIGNED ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS AND ABILITIES OF THE PUPILS  AT  SUCCES-
SIVE GRADE LEVELS WITH THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING DESIRABLE HEALTH BEHAV-
IOR, ATTITUDES AND KNOWLEDGE, AS WELL AS SELF-RELIANCE AND PROBLEM SOLV-
ING CAPACITY.
  3.  INSTRUCTION REGARDING FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION, IN ADDITION
TO CONTINUED HEALTH GUIDANCE IN HIGH SCHOOLS, SHALL BE AN INTEGRAL  PART
OF  A  REQUIRED  HEALTH  EDUCATION COURSE AT EACH LEVEL IN THE SECONDARY
SCHOOL'S CURRICULUM. ANY SUCH COURSE SHALL BE TAUGHT BY TEACHERS HOLDING
A CERTIFICATE TO TEACH HEALTH. RELATED COURSES IN THE  SECONDARY  SCHOOL
CURRICULUM  SHALL  BE  TAUGHT IN A MANNER SUPPORTIVE OF HEALTH EDUCATION
REGARDING FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION.
  4. THE COMMISSIONER MAY PRESCRIBE SUCH REGULATIONS REGARDING  INSTRUC-
TION  ON  FOOD,  AGRICULTURE  AND NUTRITION AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY DEEM
NECESSARY AND DESIRABLE FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE  OF  PUPILS  AND  THE
COMMUNITY.  THE  CONTENTS  MAY BE VARIED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PARTICULAR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01792-01-1

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