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A01666 Summary:

BILL NOA01666 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal

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COSPNSRSeawright

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1885, Pub Auth L; amd §305, Ed L; add §630-m, Tax L; add §99-ss, St Fin L

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Establishes a climate change education grant program to award grants to eligible applicants to support climate change education grant programs for young people or to provide optional teacher training or professional development programs relevant to the advance of climate change literacy in young people; establishes the New York state climate change education fund.

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01/10/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1666

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the education law, in
 relation to establishing a climate change education grant program; and
 to amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to estab-
 lishing the New York state climate change education fund

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "New York climate change education act".
 3 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 4 1885 to read as follows:
 5 § 1885. Climate change education grant program. 1. Definitions. As
 6 used in this section, the following terms shall have the following mean-
 7 ings:
 8 (a) "Eligible applicant" shall mean (i) a public school district, (ii)
 9 a board of cooperative educational services, (iii) a community based
 10 organization which may be a for-profit corporation or entity or not-for-
 11 profit corporation or organization, or (iv) a consortium or partnership
 12 formed by a public school district, a board of cooperative educational
 13 services and one or more community based organizations which qualifies
 14 for the award of a climate change education grant by the authority under
 15 this section.
 16 (b) "Grant program plan" shall mean the plan submitted to the authori-
 17 ty by an eligible applicant pursuant to subdivision four of this
 18 section.
 19 (c) "Climate change education grant program" shall mean a comprehen-
 20 sive climate change education program conducted by an eligible applicant
 21 pursuant to subdivision four of this section.
 22 2. Establishment of climate change education grant program; general
 23 components. (a) There is hereby established within the authority a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04170-01-5

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 1 climate change education grant program. The program shall be established
 2 by the authority, in consultation with the commissioner of education.
 3 The purpose of the program shall be to provide grants to eligible appli-
 4 cants to support climate change education grant programs for young
 5 people which provides them with topics of instruction in the components
 6 set forth in paragraph (b) of this subdivision or to provide grants to
 7 eligible applicants to provide optional teacher training or professional
 8 development programs relevant to the advance of climate change literacy
 9 of young people.
 10 (b) In order for an eligible applicant to receive an award of an annu-
 11 al grant under paragraph (c) of this subdivision, the applicant shall
 12 submit with the application the components of instruction which shall be
 13 offered in the applicant's climate change education grant program. The
 14 applicant shall create a climate change education program designed to
 15 increase the climate literacy of young people by broadening the under-
 16 standing of climate change, including possible long-term and short-term
 17 consequences of climate change and potential solutions or create a
 18 program designed to assist teachers in their