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A06144 Summary:

BILL NOA06144
 
SAME ASSAME AS S01474
 
SPONSORLemondes
 
COSPNSRJensen
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §819, Ed L
 
Requires instruction in agriculture in every elementary, middle, and high school under state control or supported wholly or partly by the state.
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A06144 Actions:

BILL NOA06144
 
02/26/2025referred to education
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A06144 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A6144
 
SPONSOR: Lemondes
  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 rele- vant 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. Section 2 sets the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION:: Agriculture is the largest and most critical industry in the entire state and similarly the most taken for granted. Therefore, ehsuring future generations are given an opportunity to understand its impor- tance with respect to how the industry functions is paramount to the future stability and economic success of the state and our food stabili- ty and security initiatives. Children should understand the food-to-ta- ble process, sustainability, and resource conservation skills so New York's land and food supply can be well protected and nurtured in the short and long term. This $3.6 billion industry requires a constant flow of knowledge and skills from generation to generation, which is why compulsory agriculture education is required. Last, as our population increases it will drive land conversion development pressure commensu- rately; requiring ever more difficult decisions regarding food production, sustainability and security.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:: 01/03/24 referred to education   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:: Minimal   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A06144 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6144
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 26, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 819 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    § 819. Instruction in agriculture. Beginning in the two thousand twen-
     4  ty-six--two  thousand  twenty-seven school year, and in each school year
     5  thereafter, the officer, board or commission authorized or  required  to
     6  prescribe  courses of instruction shall cause instruction to be given in
     7  every elementary,  middle,  and  high  school  under  state  control  or
     8  supported  wholly  or partly by public money of the state, in the disci-
     9  plines necessary to be a successful farmer for the purposes of  ensuring
    10  children  understand  the  origin, by-products, and farm-to-market proc-
    11  esses of their food, nutrients,  and  clothes.  Such  instruction  shall
    12  include  topic  matters  such  as  resource  conservation and management
    13  including food, water, forest, and land,  city  agriculture  management,
    14  food-to-table  processes,  sustainability  practices,  waste management,
    15  textile production, career choices  in  the  agriculture  industry,  the
    16  daily  life  of a farmer, and culture in rural farming communities. Such
    17  instruction shall be for such period of time during each school year  as
    18  the  board  of  regents may prescribe and may be joined with work in the
    19  sciences,  mathematics,  history,  and/or  business.  Such  courses   of
    20  instruction  shall  be  approved by both the department of education and
    21  the department of agriculture and markets.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04522-01-5
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