| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2022 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S8641
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 57th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
Actions
2021-S8641 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S8641 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8641
SPONSOR: BORRELLO
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring instruction
in agriculture
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill requires all schools in New York State receiving public fund-
ing to provide instruction related to agriculture in elementary, middle,
and high school.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the education law to require all schools receiving
public funding to provide agriculture related instruction to all
students in elementary, middle, and high school. It permits the relevant
boards or commissions the power to craft a curriculum designed to
educate school age children in the relevant processes, practices, and
disciplines in the agriculture and conservation industries.
2021-S8641 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8641
I N S E N A T E
March 24, 2022
___________
Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 requiring instruction
in agriculture
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. INSTRUCTION IN AGRICULTURE. 1. BEGINNING IN THE TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY-THREE--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SCHOOL YEAR, AND IN EACH SCHOOL
YEAR THEREAFTER, THE OFFICER, BOARD OR COMMISSION AUTHORIZED OR REQUIRED
TO PRESCRIBE COURSES OF INSTRUCTION SHALL CAUSE INSTRUCTION TO BE GIVEN
IN EVERY ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL UNDER STATE CONTROL OR
SUPPORTED WHOLLY OR PARTLY BY PUBLIC MONEY OF THE STATE, IN THE DISCI-
PLINES NECESSARY TO BE A SUCCESSFUL FARMER FOR THE PURPOSES OF ENSURING
CHILDREN UNDERSTAND THE ORIGIN, BY-PRODUCTS, AND FARM-TO-MARKET PROC-
ESSES OF THEIR FOOD, NUTRIENTS, AND CLOTHES. SUCH INSTRUCTION SHALL
INCLUDE TOPIC MATTERS SUCH AS RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
INCLUDING FOOD, WATER, FOREST, AND LAND, CITY AGRICULTURE MANAGEMENT,
FOOD-TO-TABLE PROCESSES, SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES, WASTE MANAGEMENT,
TEXTILE PRODUCTION, CAREER CHOICES IN THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY, THE
DAILY LIFE OF A FARMER, AND CULTURE IN RURAL FARMING COMMUNITIES. 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 THE
SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, HISTORY, AND/OR BUSINESS. SUCH COURSES OF
INSTRUCTION SHALL BE APPROVED BY BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14487-01-2
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