Assembly Bill A6126

2009-2010 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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2009-A6126 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง809, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1925
2013-2014: A782
2015-2016: A518
2017-2018: A2137
2019-2020: A1063
2021-2022: A2082
2023-2024: A416

2009-A6126 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the requirements for teaching humane education of animals to secondary school students.

2009-A6126 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6126

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 25, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ROSENTHAL, EDDINGTON, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A. GLICK, GREENE, WEISENBERG -- 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

  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
RULES PERTAINING TO THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF  ANIMALS.  THE  COMMISSIONER

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09818-01-9
              

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