Bill Text: NY A05954 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that the course of instruction for students in grades kindergarten through twelve include a component on environmental education, including recycling, energy efficiency, conservation, and climate change.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-03 - enacting clause stricken [A05954 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A05954-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5954
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 3, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that the
course of instruction for students in grades kindergarten through
twelve include a component on environmental education
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 815 to
2 read as follows:
3 S 815. INSTRUCTION IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. THE REGENTS SHALL
4 ENSURE THAT THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH
5 TWELVE INCLUDES A COMPONENT ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. SUCH COMPONENT
6 SHALL INSTRUCT STUDENTS ON TOPICS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RECYCL-
7 ING, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, CONSERVATION, AND CLIMATE CHANGE. THE REGENTS
8 SHALL DETERMINE HOW TO INCORPORATE SUCH COMPONENT IN EXISTING CURRICULA
9 AND THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY REGULATIONS NEEDED TO CARRY
10 OUT SUCH DETERMINATION OF THE REGENTS.
11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that school
12 districts shall be in full compliance with the provisions of this act by
13 July 1, 2012.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00821-01-1
