Assembly Bill A518

2015-2016 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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2015-A518 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง809, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6126
2011-2012: A1925
2013-2014: A782
2017-2018: A2137
2019-2020: A1063
2021-2022: A2082
2023-2024: A416

2015-A518 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-A518 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   518

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

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

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