The first day of spring in each year is hereby designated as California Agriculture Day.
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Section § 1500
Each year, the first day of spring is officially recognized as California Agriculture Day.
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Section § 1501
This law encourages public schools in California to teach students about the history and significance of agriculture in the state. This can happen on the first day of spring or a different chosen day. Schools might include lessons on agricultural history, nutrition, and economics, or even involve students in planting a school garden to celebrate agriculture’s role in California.
Notwithstanding the Education Code, including, but not limited to, provisions relating to curriculum requirements, on the first day of spring or on another day determined by public schools throughout the state, these schools are encouraged to provide education that instructs students on the history and importance of agriculture in California. This instruction may include education on agricultural history, nutrition, economics, or the planting of a school garden ; or the use of any educational device that commemorates agriculture’s importance in California.
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