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Feb 20, 2020 | referred to education |
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Nader sayegh
Walter T. Mosley
Joseph Lentol
William Colton
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A9886 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9886 I N A S S E M B L Y February 20, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a model environmental curriculum in all elementary and secondary schools 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 817 to read as follows: § 817. MODEL ENVIRONMENTAL CURRICULUM. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH A MODEL ENVIRONMENTAL CURRICULUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO BE TAUGHT IN ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. SUCH MODEL ENVIRONMENTAL CURRICULUM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: A. AIR; B. CLIMATE CHANGE; C. ENERGY; D. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; E. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; F. FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES; G. FORESTRY; H. INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; I. OCEANS; J. POLLUTION PREVENTION; K. PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT; L. RESOURCE CONSERVATION, WASTE REDUCTION, AND RECYCLING; M. TOXICS AND HAZARDOUS WASTE; AND N. WATER. 2. THE MODEL ENVIRONMENTAL CURRICULUM SHALL BE ALIGNED WITH OTHER COURSE SUBJECT STANDARDS OF INSTRUCTION AS SET FORTH BY THE DEPARTMENT AND BE INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING COURSE SUBJECT'S STANDARDS OF INSTRUC- TION, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: A. SCIENCE; B. HISTORY; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets