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                                   2137
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding the require-
   ments for teaching humane education to secondary school students

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  809 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 542 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  A.  The  officer,  board  or  commission authorized or required to
 prescribe courses of instruction shall cause instruction to be given  in
 every elementary school under state control or supported wholly or part-
 ly  by public money of the state, in the humane treatment and protection
 of animals and the importance of the part they play in  the  economy  of
 nature  as  well  as  the  necessity of controlling the proliferation of
 animals which are subsequently abandoned and caused  to  suffer  extreme
 cruelty.  Such  instruction shall be for such period of time during each
 school year as the board of regents may prescribe and may be joined with
 work in literature, reading, language, nature study or  ethnology.  Such
 weekly instruction may be divided into two or more periods.
   B.  THE  OFFICER,  BOARD,  OR  COMMISSION  AUTHORIZED  OR  REQUIRED TO
 PRESCRIBE COURSES OF INSTRUCTION SHALL CAUSE INSTRUCTION TO BE GIVEN  IN
 EVERY SECONDARY SCHOOL UNDER STATE CONTROL OR SUPPORTED WHOLLY OR PARTLY
 BY  PUBLIC MONEY OF THE STATE, IN THE HUMANE TREATMENT AND PROTECTION OF
 ANIMALS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PART  THEY  PLAY  IN  THE  ECONOMY  OF
 NATURE  AS  WELL  AS  THE  NECESSITY OF CONTROLLING THE PROLIFERATION OF
 ANIMALS WHICH ARE SUBSEQUENTLY ABANDONED AND CAUSED  TO  SUFFER  EXTREME
 CRUELTY.  SUCH INSTRUCTION SHALL INCLUDE EDUCATING STUDENTS ON THE PRIN-
 CIPLES OF KINDNESS TO AND RESPECT FOR ANIMALS AND OBSERVANCE OF LAWS AND
 RULES  PERTAINING  TO  THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL DETERMINE HOW TO INCORPORATE SUCH INSTRUCTION IN EXISTING  CURRIC-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ULA  AND  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMULGATE ANY REGULATIONS NEEDED TO
 CARRY OUT SUCH DETERMINATION.
   C.  A  school  district  shall  not  be entitled to participate in the
 public school money on account of any school or the  attendance  at  any
 school  subject  to  the  provisions of this section, if the instruction
 required [hereby] PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION is not given therein.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.