Bill Text: NY A07104 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs boards of cooperative educational services to establish an agriculture program for students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-11-27 - SIGNED CHAP.298 [A07104 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07104-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7104--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 8, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON, LUPARDO, WOERNER, McDONALD, D'URSO,
          GOTTFRIED, ROZIC, JEAN-PIERRE, SAYEGH, OTIS,  JONES,  COOK,  L. ROSEN-
          THAL,  PICHARDO  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A. EPSTEIN, GALEF,
          THIELE -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Education  --
          recommitted  to the Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly
          Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        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.
                                                                   LBD10066-03-0