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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1352 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5619 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1352 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. PALM, 36th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE TEACHING OF CLIMATE CHANGE | |
| 19 | 19 | INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That section 10-16b of the general statutes be amended to require that 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | the climate change curriculum in the Next Generation Science Standards 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | be taught as part of the state-wide science curriculum for public schools 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | and that such teaching begin in elementary school. 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 28 | 28 | To help close the opportunity gap, further environmental justice and | |
| 29 | 29 | protect the environment by educating all children in grades three to | |
| 30 | 30 | twelve, inclusive, about the role humans have played in accelerating | |
| 31 | 31 | climate change, and equipping all students with the tools necessary to | |
| 32 | 32 | be part of a green economy. |