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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         3873--A
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 20, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  MAY,  RITCHIE, BIAGGI, GALLIVAN, HELMING, JORDAN,
          KRUEGER, MARTINEZ, METZGER,  MONTGOMERY  --  read  twice  and  ordered
          printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa-
          tion -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in  accordance  with
          Senate  Rule  6,  sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and
          committed to the Committee on Finance --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
 
        AN ACT to amend the  education  law,  in  relation  to  authorizing  and
          directing  boards  of cooperative educational services to establish an
          agriculture program for students
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the educa-
     2  tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 13 to read as follows:
     3    (13) To establish, upon local interest  from  one  or  more  component
     4  school  districts  and  subject to approval by the BOCES board of educa-
     5  tion, an agriculture program that is designed to provide  students  with
     6  the  skills required to work in, and help sustain New York's agriculture
     7  industry.  Such program may include, but not be limited to,  a  partner-
     8  ship with farms and other agriculture entities in the state that provide
     9  students with hands-on experience combined with other educational oppor-
    10  tunities.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10066-02-0