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2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 312
BY SENATOR FESI
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. Provides relative to environmental education and litter
reduction section of the State Department of Education. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 30:2506(A) and (B)(1), (2), (7)(a), and (9), relative to the state
3 Department of Education; to provide relative to the duties of the environmental and
4 litter reduction section within the department; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 30:2506(A) and (B)(1), (2), (7)(a), and (9) are hereby amended and
7 reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง2506. Environmental Education and Litter Reduction Section; staff; powers and
9 duties; cooperation; funding
10 A. There is hereby created, within the state Department of Education, the
11 environmental education and litter reduction section which shall assist the
12 commission and perform responsibilities relative to education and litter control
13 abatement as provided for in this Chapter. Insofar as funds are appropriated, staff
14 may be employed under the direction and control of the state superintendent of
15 education and in accordance with policies of the department.
16 B. The section shall implement the provisions of this Part relative to
17 environmental education, including the following:
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1 (1) Administer and implement Receive advice and guidance on the
2 administration and implementation of environmental education programs on
3 behalf of from the commission.
4 (2) Review the status of and design Design plans for K-12 environmental
5 education in the state regularly, at the direction and with the assistance of the
6 commission.
7 * * *
8 (7) Function as an environmental education clearinghouse by doing the
9 following:
10 (a) Reviewing and recommending environmental education materials
11 resources.
12 * * *
13 (9) Initiate, develop, implement, assess, and market non-formal
14 environmental education programs; facilitate, encourage, and support multi-school
15 district cooperative efforts to determine the need for, develop, and assess
16 environmental education curricula, promote state government and private sector
17 policy that is consistent with the environmental education strategic plan; and
18 coordinate non-formal environmental education with elementary, secondary, and
19 postsecondary environmental education programs.
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21 Section 2. The Louisiana State Law Institute is hereby authorized and directed to
22 redesignate Chapter 20 of Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of
23 R.S. 30:2501 through 2521, as designated prior to the enactment of this Act, as Subpart B-1
24 of Part III of Chapter 1 of Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of
25 R.S. 17:200 through 220; and is further directed to redesignate any other section of law or
26 internal citations contained herein consistent with the provisions of this Act.
27 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
28 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
29 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
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1 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
2 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cheryl Serrett.
DIGEST
SB 312 Original 2020 Regular Session Fesi
Present law provides for Environmental Education and Reduction Act and the environmental
education and litter reduction section within the state Department of Education (DOE), and
provides for power, duties, and programming of the section.
Proposed law retains present law and clarifies provisions relative to the activities of the
section.
Directs the La State Law Institute to recodify specific sections of present law.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends 30:2506(A) and (B)(1), (2), (7)(a), and (9))
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