Establishes a course of instruction and learning expectations on climate education in all public pre-kindergarten, elementary and secondary schools which shall include various principles and concepts including environmental justice.
Environmental education: environmental principles and concepts.
Provides grants for schoolyards and playgrounds to become living schoolyards which provide outdoor learning spaces for students.
Requires school districts to provide instructional programming and services in reading and literacy which are evidence based and aligned with state standards; requires teachers in grades pre-K through five to attend professional development courses in reading education.
Updates provisions relating to dignity for all students including establishing the student suicide prevention act which includes curriculum and teacher training requirements designed to prevent student suicide with a focus on LGBTQ students.
Establishes the healthy and safe students act; requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education standards.
Implementing elementary and secondary interdisciplinary climate justice education across the Commonwealth
Requires climate change instruction within the current established science curriculum; requires such instruction be taught in grades one through twelve.
Establishes the healthy and safe students act; requires comprehensive sexuality instruction for students in grades K-12 which includes a model curricula for comprehensive sexuality education and at a minimum conforms to the content and scope of national sexuality education standards.
Directs the commissioner of education to conduct a study of recess held in elementary schools in kindergarten through grade six.