§ 71302. — 71302. (Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 38.)

California § 71302.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code PRC: Public Resources Code - PRC
• Div. 34.: DIVISION 34. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
• Part 4.: PART 4. STATEWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

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(a)
Using the education principles for the environment required to be developed pursuant to Section 71301, the office, in cooperation with the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Natural Resources Agency, the State Department of Education, and the State Board of Education, shall develop a model environmental curriculum that incorporates these education principles for the environment. The model curriculum shall be aligned with applicable State Board of Education adopted academic content standards in science, mathematics, English/language arts, and history/social sciences, to the extent that any of those content areas are addressed in the model curriculum.
(b)
The model curriculum shall be submitted to the
Instructional Quality Commission for review. The commission shall submit its recommendation to the Secretary for Environmental Protection and to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.
(1)
The Secretary for Environmental Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall review and comment on the model curriculum.
(2)
The model curriculum along with the comments by the Secretary for Environmental Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall be submitted to the State Board of Education for its approval.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 356, Sec. 38. (SB 96) Effective September 26, 2013.