New York's Assembly Bill 8458 would, if enacted, "require climate change instruction within the current established science curriculum ... [for] grades one through twelve in all public schools." Correspondingly, school authorities would be required to support such instruction. The bill is identical to Senate Bill 6617. Introduced by Phil Steck (D-District 110), on May 16, 2025, the bill was referred to the House Education Committee.
Assembly Bill 8458 joins five previously introduced bills in the New York legislature supporting climate change education: Assembly Bill 4876, Senate Bill 2430, Assembly Bill 1666, Assembly Bill 1984, and Senate Bill 6618. The bill is identical to Senate Bill 5561 from the 2023-2024 legislative session, Senate Bill 564 from the 2021-2022 legislative session, and Senate Bill 7676 from the 2019-2020 legislative session, all of which ultimately died in committee.
