 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1693
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 10, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing Earth day
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 810 of the education law, as amended by chapter 616
     2  of  the  laws  of 1969 and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 96 of the
     3  laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
     4    § 810. [Conservation] Earth day.  [1. The last Friday  in  April  each
     5  year  is  hereby  made and declared to be known as Conservation day, and
     6  observed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, except  that
     7  for  the  year nineteen hundred seventy-eight, Conservation day shall be
     8  May third.
     9    2. It shall be the duty of the authorities of every public  school  in
    10  this  state  to  assemble  the pupils in their charge on that day in the
    11  school building, or elsewhere, as they may deem proper, and  to  provide
    12  for and conduct (1) such exercises as shall tend to encourage the plant-
    13  ing,  protection  and preservation of trees and shrubs, and an acquaint-
    14  ance with the best methods to be adopted to accomplish such results, and
    15  (2) such lectures, pictures or tours, as  shall  tend  to  increase  the
    16  interest  and  knowledge  of such pupils in the fish and wild life, soil
    17  and water of the state.
    18    3. The commissioner of education may prescribe from  time  to  time  a
    19  course  of  exercises  and  instruction  in  the  subjects  hereinbefore
    20  mentioned, which shall be adopted and  observed  by  the  public  school
    21  authorities  on  Conservation day. Upon receipt of copies of such course
    22  sufficient in number to supply all the schools under their  supervision,
    23  the  school  authorities  aforesaid  shall  promptly provide each of the
    24  schools under their charge with a copy, and cause  it  to  be  observed]
    25  Annually, it shall be the duty of the authorities of every public school
    26  in  this  state  to  observe  Earth  day  as they may deem proper and to
    27  encourage instruction on the earth's natural environment as appropriate.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05345-01-7
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