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Senate Bill S1693

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes Earth Day

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2017-S1693 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3988
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §810, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5358
2015-2016: S2141, S6506

2017-S1693 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes Earth Day.

2017-S1693 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1693 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1693
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing Earth day
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 810 of the education law, as amended by chapter 616
 of  the  laws  of 1969 and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 96 of the
 laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   § 810. [Conservation] EARTH day.  [1. The last Friday  in  April  each
 year  is  hereby  made and declared to be known as Conservation day, and
 observed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, except  that
 for  the  year nineteen hundred seventy-eight, Conservation day shall be
 May third.
   2. It shall be the duty of the authorities of every public  school  in
 this  state  to  assemble  the pupils in their charge on that day in the
 school building, or elsewhere, as they may deem proper, and  to  provide
 for and conduct (1) such exercises as shall tend to encourage the plant-
 ing,  protection  and preservation of trees and shrubs, and an acquaint-
 ance with the best methods to be adopted to accomplish such results, and
 (2) such lectures, pictures or tours, as  shall  tend  to  increase  the
 interest  and  knowledge  of such pupils in the fish and wild life, soil
 and water of the state.
   3. The commissioner of education may prescribe from  time  to  time  a
 course  of  exercises  and  instruction  in  the  subjects  hereinbefore
 mentioned, which shall be adopted and  observed  by  the  public  school
 authorities  on  Conservation day. Upon receipt of copies of such course
 sufficient in number to supply all the schools under their  supervision,
 the  school  authorities  aforesaid  shall  promptly provide each of the
 schools under their charge with a copy, and cause  it  to  be  observed]
 ANNUALLY, IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE AUTHORITIES OF EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL
 IN  THIS  STATE  TO  OBSERVE  EARTH  DAY  AS THEY MAY DEEM PROPER AND TO
 ENCOURAGE INSTRUCTION ON THE EARTH'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AS APPROPRIATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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