Senate Bill S8641

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires instruction in agriculture

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

  • 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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2021-S8641 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9230
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §817, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S1222, A4161

2021-S8641 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires instruction in agriculture in every elementary, middle, and high school under state control or supported wholly or partly by the state.

2021-S8641 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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