CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 424Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 15, 2017 An act to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 8780) to Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to environmental education, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 424, as introduced, Allen. The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.Existing law contains legislative findings and declarations regarding the need for an educational program that is designed to build attitudes of stewardship toward the maintenance of the quality of our environment and to enable all citizens to use resources wisely.This bill would establish the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network under the direction and control of a 5-member governing board appointed, as specified, for the purpose of facilitating the implementation of high quality environmental literacy in California public schools, as specified. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of that governing board, to contract with a local educational agency or consortium of local educational agencies to serve as the fiscal agent for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network who shall be charged with specified duties. The bill would appropriate $4,500,000 from the General Fund to the Superintendent who shall apportion these funds to the fiscal agent for purposes of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 6 (commencing with Section 8780) is added to Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: Article 6. The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network8780. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.8781. (a) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is hereby established. The purpose of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is to facilitate the implementation of high-quality environmental literacy in California public schools that reflects science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and career technical education with a particular focus on the environmental literacy elements of the Next Generation Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, the California History-Social Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, and the Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards.(b) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall be under the direction and control of a five-member governing board, appointed, as follows:(1) Two members shall be appointed by the Governor.(2) One member shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.(3) One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(4) One member shall be appointed by the Superintendent.(c) For purposes of this article, governing board means the governing board appointed pursuant to this section.8782. As directed by the governing board, the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall accomplish the purposes set forth in this article by undertaking activities that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(a) Convening and building partnerships among local educational agencies and between local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in all aspects of environmental literacy.(b) Providing professional development to educators in environmental literacy and the integration of environmental literacy content and principles with other state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.(c) Provide expertise and assistance to educators in the development and implementation of curriculum inside and outside of the classroom and activities that promote environmental literacy.(d) Assisting local educational agencies in embedding environmental literacy in local control and accountability plans.(e) Assisting educators in linking environmental literacy content and principles to career pathways and to career technical education curriculum and activities.(f) Assisting local educational agencies in assuring that environmental literacy curriculum and activities are made available on an equitable basis to all pupils and that the environmental literacy curriculum and activities reflect the linguistic, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of California.(g) Making grants to local educational agencies and to community-based environmental education providers to accomplish the purposes of this article.8783. (a) The Superintendent shall, with the approval of the governing board, contract with a local educational agency, or consortium of local educational agencies, to serve as the fiscal agent for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network. The fiscal agent shall, at minimum:(1) Establish the regional structure for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.(2) Retain a full-time director and not less than 15 full-time regional coordinators.(3) Periodically convene the regional coordinators for training to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in the alignment of both classroom and nonclassroom environmental literacy instruction with appropriate state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.(4) Develop and maintain a resource directory and Internet Web site to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers accomplish the purposes of this article and that serves as a resource for environmental literacy issues for employers and other organizations involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.(b) The Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network to the fiscal agent.(c) Funds appropriated from the General Fund for purposes of this article shall be deemed to be moneys applied by the state for the support of school districts and community college districts as set forth in Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.SEC. 2. The sum of four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network as set forth in, and for the purposes of, Article 6 (commencing with Section 8780) of Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 424Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 15, 2017 An act to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 8780) to Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to environmental education, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 424, as introduced, Allen. The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.Existing law contains legislative findings and declarations regarding the need for an educational program that is designed to build attitudes of stewardship toward the maintenance of the quality of our environment and to enable all citizens to use resources wisely.This bill would establish the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network under the direction and control of a 5-member governing board appointed, as specified, for the purpose of facilitating the implementation of high quality environmental literacy in California public schools, as specified. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of that governing board, to contract with a local educational agency or consortium of local educational agencies to serve as the fiscal agent for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network who shall be charged with specified duties. The bill would appropriate $4,500,000 from the General Fund to the Superintendent who shall apportion these funds to the fiscal agent for purposes of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 424
Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 15, 2017
Introduced by Senator Allen
February 15, 2017
An act to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 8780) to Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, relating to environmental education, and making an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 424, as introduced, Allen. The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.
Existing law contains legislative findings and declarations regarding the need for an educational program that is designed to build attitudes of stewardship toward the maintenance of the quality of our environment and to enable all citizens to use resources wisely.This bill would establish the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network under the direction and control of a 5-member governing board appointed, as specified, for the purpose of facilitating the implementation of high quality environmental literacy in California public schools, as specified. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of that governing board, to contract with a local educational agency or consortium of local educational agencies to serve as the fiscal agent for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network who shall be charged with specified duties. The bill would appropriate $4,500,000 from the General Fund to the Superintendent who shall apportion these funds to the fiscal agent for purposes of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
Existing law contains legislative findings and declarations regarding the need for an educational program that is designed to build attitudes of stewardship toward the maintenance of the quality of our environment and to enable all citizens to use resources wisely.
This bill would establish the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network under the direction and control of a 5-member governing board appointed, as specified, for the purpose of facilitating the implementation of high quality environmental literacy in California public schools, as specified. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of that governing board, to contract with a local educational agency or consortium of local educational agencies to serve as the fiscal agent for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network who shall be charged with specified duties. The bill would appropriate $4,500,000 from the General Fund to the Superintendent who shall apportion these funds to the fiscal agent for purposes of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.
Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 6 (commencing with Section 8780) is added to Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: Article 6. The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network8780. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.8781. (a) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is hereby established. The purpose of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is to facilitate the implementation of high-quality environmental literacy in California public schools that reflects science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and career technical education with a particular focus on the environmental literacy elements of the Next Generation Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, the California History-Social Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, and the Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards.(b) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall be under the direction and control of a five-member governing board, appointed, as follows:(1) Two members shall be appointed by the Governor.(2) One member shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.(3) One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(4) One member shall be appointed by the Superintendent.(c) For purposes of this article, governing board means the governing board appointed pursuant to this section.8782. As directed by the governing board, the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall accomplish the purposes set forth in this article by undertaking activities that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(a) Convening and building partnerships among local educational agencies and between local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in all aspects of environmental literacy.(b) Providing professional development to educators in environmental literacy and the integration of environmental literacy content and principles with other state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.(c) Provide expertise and assistance to educators in the development and implementation of curriculum inside and outside of the classroom and activities that promote environmental literacy.(d) Assisting local educational agencies in embedding environmental literacy in local control and accountability plans.(e) Assisting educators in linking environmental literacy content and principles to career pathways and to career technical education curriculum and activities.(f) Assisting local educational agencies in assuring that environmental literacy curriculum and activities are made available on an equitable basis to all pupils and that the environmental literacy curriculum and activities reflect the linguistic, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of California.(g) Making grants to local educational agencies and to community-based environmental education providers to accomplish the purposes of this article.8783. (a) The Superintendent shall, with the approval of the governing board, contract with a local educational agency, or consortium of local educational agencies, to serve as the fiscal agent for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network. The fiscal agent shall, at minimum:(1) Establish the regional structure for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.(2) Retain a full-time director and not less than 15 full-time regional coordinators.(3) Periodically convene the regional coordinators for training to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in the alignment of both classroom and nonclassroom environmental literacy instruction with appropriate state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.(4) Develop and maintain a resource directory and Internet Web site to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers accomplish the purposes of this article and that serves as a resource for environmental literacy issues for employers and other organizations involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.(b) The Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network to the fiscal agent.(c) Funds appropriated from the General Fund for purposes of this article shall be deemed to be moneys applied by the state for the support of school districts and community college districts as set forth in Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.SEC. 2. The sum of four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network as set forth in, and for the purposes of, Article 6 (commencing with Section 8780) of Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Article 6 (commencing with Section 8780) is added to Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read: Article 6. The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network8780. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.8781. (a) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is hereby established. The purpose of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is to facilitate the implementation of high-quality environmental literacy in California public schools that reflects science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and career technical education with a particular focus on the environmental literacy elements of the Next Generation Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, the California History-Social Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, and the Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards.(b) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall be under the direction and control of a five-member governing board, appointed, as follows:(1) Two members shall be appointed by the Governor.(2) One member shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.(3) One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(4) One member shall be appointed by the Superintendent.(c) For purposes of this article, governing board means the governing board appointed pursuant to this section.8782. As directed by the governing board, the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall accomplish the purposes set forth in this article by undertaking activities that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(a) Convening and building partnerships among local educational agencies and between local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in all aspects of environmental literacy.(b) Providing professional development to educators in environmental literacy and the integration of environmental literacy content and principles with other state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.(c) Provide expertise and assistance to educators in the development and implementation of curriculum inside and outside of the classroom and activities that promote environmental literacy.(d) Assisting local educational agencies in embedding environmental literacy in local control and accountability plans.(e) Assisting educators in linking environmental literacy content and principles to career pathways and to career technical education curriculum and activities.(f) Assisting local educational agencies in assuring that environmental literacy curriculum and activities are made available on an equitable basis to all pupils and that the environmental literacy curriculum and activities reflect the linguistic, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of California.(g) Making grants to local educational agencies and to community-based environmental education providers to accomplish the purposes of this article.8783. (a) The Superintendent shall, with the approval of the governing board, contract with a local educational agency, or consortium of local educational agencies, to serve as the fiscal agent for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network. The fiscal agent shall, at minimum:(1) Establish the regional structure for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.(2) Retain a full-time director and not less than 15 full-time regional coordinators.(3) Periodically convene the regional coordinators for training to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in the alignment of both classroom and nonclassroom environmental literacy instruction with appropriate state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.(4) Develop and maintain a resource directory and Internet Web site to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers accomplish the purposes of this article and that serves as a resource for environmental literacy issues for employers and other organizations involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.(b) The Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network to the fiscal agent.(c) Funds appropriated from the General Fund for purposes of this article shall be deemed to be moneys applied by the state for the support of school districts and community college districts as set forth in Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
SECTION 1. Article 6 (commencing with Section 8780) is added to Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
Article 6. The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network8780. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.8781. (a) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is hereby established. The purpose of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is to facilitate the implementation of high-quality environmental literacy in California public schools that reflects science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and career technical education with a particular focus on the environmental literacy elements of the Next Generation Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, the California History-Social Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, and the Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards.(b) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall be under the direction and control of a five-member governing board, appointed, as follows:(1) Two members shall be appointed by the Governor.(2) One member shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.(3) One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(4) One member shall be appointed by the Superintendent.(c) For purposes of this article, governing board means the governing board appointed pursuant to this section.8782. As directed by the governing board, the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall accomplish the purposes set forth in this article by undertaking activities that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(a) Convening and building partnerships among local educational agencies and between local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in all aspects of environmental literacy.(b) Providing professional development to educators in environmental literacy and the integration of environmental literacy content and principles with other state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.(c) Provide expertise and assistance to educators in the development and implementation of curriculum inside and outside of the classroom and activities that promote environmental literacy.(d) Assisting local educational agencies in embedding environmental literacy in local control and accountability plans.(e) Assisting educators in linking environmental literacy content and principles to career pathways and to career technical education curriculum and activities.(f) Assisting local educational agencies in assuring that environmental literacy curriculum and activities are made available on an equitable basis to all pupils and that the environmental literacy curriculum and activities reflect the linguistic, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of California.(g) Making grants to local educational agencies and to community-based environmental education providers to accomplish the purposes of this article.8783. (a) The Superintendent shall, with the approval of the governing board, contract with a local educational agency, or consortium of local educational agencies, to serve as the fiscal agent for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network. The fiscal agent shall, at minimum:(1) Establish the regional structure for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.(2) Retain a full-time director and not less than 15 full-time regional coordinators.(3) Periodically convene the regional coordinators for training to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in the alignment of both classroom and nonclassroom environmental literacy instruction with appropriate state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.(4) Develop and maintain a resource directory and Internet Web site to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers accomplish the purposes of this article and that serves as a resource for environmental literacy issues for employers and other organizations involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.(b) The Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network to the fiscal agent.(c) Funds appropriated from the General Fund for purposes of this article shall be deemed to be moneys applied by the state for the support of school districts and community college districts as set forth in Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
Article 6. The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network8780. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.8781. (a) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is hereby established. The purpose of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is to facilitate the implementation of high-quality environmental literacy in California public schools that reflects science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and career technical education with a particular focus on the environmental literacy elements of the Next Generation Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, the California History-Social Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, and the Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards.(b) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall be under the direction and control of a five-member governing board, appointed, as follows:(1) Two members shall be appointed by the Governor.(2) One member shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.(3) One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(4) One member shall be appointed by the Superintendent.(c) For purposes of this article, governing board means the governing board appointed pursuant to this section.8782. As directed by the governing board, the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall accomplish the purposes set forth in this article by undertaking activities that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(a) Convening and building partnerships among local educational agencies and between local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in all aspects of environmental literacy.(b) Providing professional development to educators in environmental literacy and the integration of environmental literacy content and principles with other state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.(c) Provide expertise and assistance to educators in the development and implementation of curriculum inside and outside of the classroom and activities that promote environmental literacy.(d) Assisting local educational agencies in embedding environmental literacy in local control and accountability plans.(e) Assisting educators in linking environmental literacy content and principles to career pathways and to career technical education curriculum and activities.(f) Assisting local educational agencies in assuring that environmental literacy curriculum and activities are made available on an equitable basis to all pupils and that the environmental literacy curriculum and activities reflect the linguistic, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of California.(g) Making grants to local educational agencies and to community-based environmental education providers to accomplish the purposes of this article.8783. (a) The Superintendent shall, with the approval of the governing board, contract with a local educational agency, or consortium of local educational agencies, to serve as the fiscal agent for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network. The fiscal agent shall, at minimum:(1) Establish the regional structure for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.(2) Retain a full-time director and not less than 15 full-time regional coordinators.(3) Periodically convene the regional coordinators for training to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in the alignment of both classroom and nonclassroom environmental literacy instruction with appropriate state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.(4) Develop and maintain a resource directory and Internet Web site to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers accomplish the purposes of this article and that serves as a resource for environmental literacy issues for employers and other organizations involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.(b) The Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network to the fiscal agent.(c) Funds appropriated from the General Fund for purposes of this article shall be deemed to be moneys applied by the state for the support of school districts and community college districts as set forth in Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
Article 6. The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network
Article 6. The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network
8780. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.
8780. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.
8781. (a) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is hereby established. The purpose of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is to facilitate the implementation of high-quality environmental literacy in California public schools that reflects science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and career technical education with a particular focus on the environmental literacy elements of the Next Generation Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, the California History-Social Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, and the Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards.(b) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall be under the direction and control of a five-member governing board, appointed, as follows:(1) Two members shall be appointed by the Governor.(2) One member shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.(3) One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(4) One member shall be appointed by the Superintendent.(c) For purposes of this article, governing board means the governing board appointed pursuant to this section.
8781. (a) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is hereby established. The purpose of the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network is to facilitate the implementation of high-quality environmental literacy in California public schools that reflects science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and career technical education with a particular focus on the environmental literacy elements of the Next Generation Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, the California History-Social Science Standards and Curriculum Framework, and the Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards.
(b) The California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall be under the direction and control of a five-member governing board, appointed, as follows:
(1) Two members shall be appointed by the Governor.
(2) One member shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(3) One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(4) One member shall be appointed by the Superintendent.
(c) For purposes of this article, governing board means the governing board appointed pursuant to this section.
8782. As directed by the governing board, the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall accomplish the purposes set forth in this article by undertaking activities that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(a) Convening and building partnerships among local educational agencies and between local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in all aspects of environmental literacy.(b) Providing professional development to educators in environmental literacy and the integration of environmental literacy content and principles with other state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.(c) Provide expertise and assistance to educators in the development and implementation of curriculum inside and outside of the classroom and activities that promote environmental literacy.(d) Assisting local educational agencies in embedding environmental literacy in local control and accountability plans.(e) Assisting educators in linking environmental literacy content and principles to career pathways and to career technical education curriculum and activities.(f) Assisting local educational agencies in assuring that environmental literacy curriculum and activities are made available on an equitable basis to all pupils and that the environmental literacy curriculum and activities reflect the linguistic, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of California.(g) Making grants to local educational agencies and to community-based environmental education providers to accomplish the purposes of this article.
8782. As directed by the governing board, the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network shall accomplish the purposes set forth in this article by undertaking activities that include, but are not limited to, all of the following:
(a) Convening and building partnerships among local educational agencies and between local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in all aspects of environmental literacy.
(b) Providing professional development to educators in environmental literacy and the integration of environmental literacy content and principles with other state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.
(c) Provide expertise and assistance to educators in the development and implementation of curriculum inside and outside of the classroom and activities that promote environmental literacy.
(d) Assisting local educational agencies in embedding environmental literacy in local control and accountability plans.
(e) Assisting educators in linking environmental literacy content and principles to career pathways and to career technical education curriculum and activities.
(f) Assisting local educational agencies in assuring that environmental literacy curriculum and activities are made available on an equitable basis to all pupils and that the environmental literacy curriculum and activities reflect the linguistic, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of California.
(g) Making grants to local educational agencies and to community-based environmental education providers to accomplish the purposes of this article.
8783. (a) The Superintendent shall, with the approval of the governing board, contract with a local educational agency, or consortium of local educational agencies, to serve as the fiscal agent for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network. The fiscal agent shall, at minimum:(1) Establish the regional structure for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.(2) Retain a full-time director and not less than 15 full-time regional coordinators.(3) Periodically convene the regional coordinators for training to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in the alignment of both classroom and nonclassroom environmental literacy instruction with appropriate state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.(4) Develop and maintain a resource directory and Internet Web site to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers accomplish the purposes of this article and that serves as a resource for environmental literacy issues for employers and other organizations involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.(b) The Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network to the fiscal agent.(c) Funds appropriated from the General Fund for purposes of this article shall be deemed to be moneys applied by the state for the support of school districts and community college districts as set forth in Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
8783. (a) The Superintendent shall, with the approval of the governing board, contract with a local educational agency, or consortium of local educational agencies, to serve as the fiscal agent for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network. The fiscal agent shall, at minimum:
(1) Establish the regional structure for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network.
(2) Retain a full-time director and not less than 15 full-time regional coordinators.
(3) Periodically convene the regional coordinators for training to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers in the alignment of both classroom and nonclassroom environmental literacy instruction with appropriate state-adopted standards and curriculum frameworks.
(4) Develop and maintain a resource directory and Internet Web site to assist local educational agencies and community-based environmental education providers accomplish the purposes of this article and that serves as a resource for environmental literacy issues for employers and other organizations involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.
(b) The Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated for the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network to the fiscal agent.
(c) Funds appropriated from the General Fund for purposes of this article shall be deemed to be moneys applied by the state for the support of school districts and community college districts as set forth in Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
SEC. 2. The sum of four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network as set forth in, and for the purposes of, Article 6 (commencing with Section 8780) of Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code.
SEC. 2. The sum of four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network as set forth in, and for the purposes of, Article 6 (commencing with Section 8780) of Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code.
SEC. 2. The sum of four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to the California Regional Environmental Education Community Network as set forth in, and for the purposes of, Article 6 (commencing with Section 8780) of Chapter 4 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code.
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