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NY A00604

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Linda Rosenthal

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires all New York schools to include instruction on food, agriculture, and nutrition as part of health education to promote healthy eating behaviors

  • Elementary school instruction must be taught by regular classroom teachers or certified health education teachers, designed for successive grade levels to develop health behaviors, attitudes, and problem-solving skills

  • Secondary schools must incorporate food, agriculture, and nutrition instruction into required health education courses taught by certified health teachers

  • Commissioner of Education may prescribe regulations and curriculum that can be varied to meet specific school district needs rather than requiring uniformity statewide

  • School authorities must provide facilities, time, learning aids, and curriculum materials necessary for the required instruction

Legislative Description

Relates to instruction in food, agriculture and nutrition in elementary and high school; contents may be varied to meet the needs of particular school districts; need not be uniform throughout the state; school districts shall utilize either the curriculum for health education instruction regarding food, agriculture and nutrition prescribed by the commissioner or a course approved by the commissioner in accordance with criteria established by the commissioner.

Last Action

referred to education

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Education1/8/2025

Full Bill Text

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