Allen
Author
(1) Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state. Under this system, local educational agencies throughout the state provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. This bill would express the findings and declarations of the Legislature that the state's environmental principles and concepts have been approved by specified authorities and have been embedded in specified curriculum frameworks adopted by the State Board of Education. The bill would also express the intent of the Legislature that the Superintendent of Public Instruction use the resources at his or her disposal to provide leadership to further specified goals of environmental literacy. (2) Existing law establishes courses of study for pupils in grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and also establishes courses of study for pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive. This bill would express the encouragement of the Legislature for the governing boards of school districts to take specified actions with regard to promoting instruction in environmental literacy for pupils with respect to the respective courses of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for grades 7 to 12, inclusive. (3) Existing law requires the Office of Education and the Environment in the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and the State Board of Education, to develop and implement a unified education strategy on the environment for elementary and secondary schools in the state and, in cooperation with specified state entities, to develop educational principles for the environment for elementary and secondary school pupils. Existing law provides that the principles may be updated every 4 years beginning July 1, 2008. Existing law requires the State Department of Education and the State Board of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, to develop and implement to the extent feasible, a teacher training and implementation plan, to guide the implementation of the unified education strategy, as specified. This bill would instead require these state entities to develop environmental principles and concepts for elementary and secondary school pupils. The bill would instead provide that the environmental principles and concepts may be updated every 4 years beginning July 1, 2008, by the office, in cooperation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Board of Education, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and the Natural Resources Agency, pursuant to a specified process. The bill would also add concepts relating to climate change and make technical and conforming changes to these environmental principles and concepts.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 374, Statutes of 2018.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6137.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 6198.)
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d) . (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 6076.) Re-referred to Com. on ED.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 7. Page 6964.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 15).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18).
Re-referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4115.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4019.) (January 10).
Set for hearing January 10.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Withdrawn from committee.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB720 | HTML |
| 02/17/17 - Introduced | |
| 01/03/18 - Amended Senate | |
| 01/11/18 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/06/18 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/20/18 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/05/18 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/06/18 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/05/18 - Enrolled | |
| 09/13/18 - Chaptered |
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