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NY A01984
Bill
Status
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Linda Rosenthal
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AI Summary
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Requires the Commissioner of Education to create a comprehensive climate change and sustainability curriculum for grades K-12 in all public and charter schools
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Curriculum must cover how human activities cause climate change, effects and dangers of climate change, and preventative measures to alleviate climate impacts
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NYC Chancellor or local boards of education may adopt alternative curricula only with commissioner approval, provided they substantially comply with the state curriculum
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Schools must begin teaching the curriculum in the first school year after the commissioner certifies it has been established
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School authorities must provide facilities, time, learning aids, and curriculum resource materials needed for effective climate change and sustainability instruction
Legislative Description
Requires that climate change and sustainability education be taught in elementary and high schools to educate pupils about how human activities cause climate change, the effects of climate change, the dangers associated with climate change and preventative measures that can be taken to alleviate the impacts of climate change.
Last Action
referred to education
1/7/2026