Bill Text: NY S01471 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of the department of agriculture and markets to conduct a study on Vermont's VT-FEED program and make recommendations on how a similar program may be implemented in New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE [S01471 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01471-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1471
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Agriculture
        AN ACT to authorize and direct the commissioner  of  the  department  of
          agriculture  and  markets  to  study leaders in farm-to-school program
          development so that a knowledge clearinghouse may be established
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  commissioner  of  the  department of agriculture and
     2  markets is hereby authorized and directed to  conduct  a  study  on  the
     3  Vermont  Food Education Every Day program, a national leader in farm-to-
     4  school program development,  and  its  parent  organizations,  Shelburne
     5  Farms  and the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont. Special
     6  attention should be given to: the program models; philosophies;  curric-
     7  ulum  integration  approach; and staff training programs utilized by the
     8  Vermont Food Education Every Day program.
     9    § 2. Within one year of the effective date of this act the commission-
    10  er of agriculture and markets shall deliver a report of his or her find-
    11  ings and recommendations, including proposed legislation to the governor
    12  and the legislature. The report should describe with particularity how a
    13  program, similar in resources and approach to that of the  Vermont  Food
    14  Education Every Day program, may be implemented in this state.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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