Assembly Bill A416

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Expands the requirements for teaching humane education to secondary school students

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  • 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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2023-A416 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4533
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §809, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6126
2011-2012: A1925
2013-2014: A782
2015-2016: A518
2017-2018: A2137
2019-2020: A1063
2021-2022: A2082, S7670

2023-A416 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the requirements for teaching humane education of animals to secondary school students; requires verification of compliance.

2023-A416 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    416
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, THIELE, STERN, DINOWITZ --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, SIMON -- 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 and
   provides for the verification of compliance of such instruction
 
   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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00917-01-3
              

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