New York A 798: Expands the requirements for teaching humane education to secondary school students

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A00798 Summary:

BILL NOA00798 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04952

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SPONSORRosenthal (MS)

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COSPNSRColton, Stern, Dinowitz, Simone, Kelles, Davila, Epstein, Bores

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MLTSPNSRGlick

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Amd §809, Ed L

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Expands the requirements for teaching humane education of animals to secondary school students; requires verification of compliance.

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BILL NOA00798 

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01/08/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 798

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, STERN, DINOWITZ, SIMONE,
 KELLES, DAVILA, EPSTEIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding the require-
 ments for teaching humane education to secondary school students and
 provides for the verification of compliance of such instruction

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 809 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 542 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. a. The officer, board or commission authorized or required to
 5 prescribe courses of instruction shall cause instruction to be given in
 6 every elementary school under state control or supported wholly or part-
 7 ly by public money of the state, in the humane treatment and protection
 8 of animals and the importance of the part they play in the economy of
 9 nature as well as the necessity of controlling the proliferation of
 10 animals which are subsequently abandoned and caused to suffer extreme
 11 cruelty. Such instruction shall be for such period of time during each
 12 school year as the board of regents may prescribe and may be joined with
 13 work in literature, reading, language, nature study or ethnology. Such
 14 weekly instruction may be divided into two or more periods.
 15 b. The officer, board, or commission authorized or required to
 16 prescribe courses of instruction shall cause instruction to be given in
 17 every secondary school under state control or supported wholly or partly
 18 by public money of the state, in the humane treatment and protection of
 19 animals and the importance of the part they play in the economy of
 20 nature as well as the necessity of controlling the proliferation of
 21 animals which are subsequently abandoned and caused to suffer extreme
 22 cruelty. Such instruction shall include educating students on the prin-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02615-01-5

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 1 ciples of kindness to and respect for animals and observance of laws and
 2 rules pertaining to the humane treatment of animals. The commissioner
 3 shall determine how to incorporate such instruction in existing curric-
 4 ula and the commissioner shall promulgate any regulations needed to
 5 carry out such determination.
 6 c. A school district shall not be entitled to participate in the
 7 public school money on account of any school or the attendance at any
 8 school subject to the provisions of this section, if the instruction
 9 required [hereby] pursuant to this section is not given therein.
 10 § 2. Section 809 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 11 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 12 7. Compliance records. The commissioner shall maintain records verify-
 13 ing school compliance with the provisions of this section and shall make
 14 such information available to the public, including on its website.
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 16 the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the
 17 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 18 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 19 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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