What's happening
This bill prohibits schools in New York from conducting or permitting animal hatching projects as part of lessons or activities.
Why it matters
Addresses animal welfare concerns. by preventing the potential suffering, neglect, or improper care of animals hatched in classroom environments, which often lack the expertise and resources for humane treatment.
Impacts hands-on science education. by removing a common experiential learning activity used to teach students about biology, reproduction, and life cycles, potentially prompting schools to seek alternative educational methods or simulations.
Extends responsibility beyond school grounds. , ensuring that hatching projects cannot be conducted even if organized offsite or as part of extracurricular activities associated with the school, closing any loopholes.
Reflects changing societal values. around the ethical treatment of animals, signaling to students and the community that animal welfare is a priority in educational settings.
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Ban Animal Hatching in Schools
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History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6905
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 24, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to animal hatching projects
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 809 of the education law is amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
c. No school district, school principal, administrator, or teacher shall require, permit, or conduct a lesson or experimental study using an animal in a hatching project in any such school or during any activity conducted under the auspices of such school whether or not the activity takes place on the premises of such school.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10222-01-7
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