Senate Bill S3290

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

  • 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-S3290 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2899
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §804-e, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10702
2011-2012: A1472
2013-2014: S5476, A760
2015-2016: S1905, A544
2019-2020: S4853, A877
2021-2022: S5215, A1557
2023-2024: S6396, A395

2017-S3290 (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.

2017-S3290 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3290 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3290
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 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:
   §  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.

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