BILL NUMBER: SB 908	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JANUARY 30, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 14, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 8, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to amend 33541 of the Education Code, relating to
environmental education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 908, Simitian.  Environmental education.
    Existing law requires the Curriculum Development and Supplemental
Materials Commission to recommend minimum standards of courses of
study in the schools of the state. Existing law further requires the
State Board of Education and the State Department of Education to
revise the framework in science to include specified topics in
environmental education.
   This bill additionally would require climate change to be included
among those topics.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 33541 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   33541.  (a) The state board and the department shall revise, as
necessary, the framework in science to include the necessary elements
to teach environmental education, including, but not limited to, all
of the following topics:
   (1) Integrated waste management.
   (2) Energy conservation.
   (3) Water conservation and pollution prevention.
   (4) Air resources.
   (5) Integrated pest management.
   (6) Toxic materials.
   (7) Wildlife conservation and forestry.
   (8) Climate change.
   (b) The Office of Education and the Environment of the California
Integrated Waste Management Board, established pursuant to Part 1
(commencing with Section 40000) of Division 30 of the Public
Resources Code, shall provide the state board of Education and the
department with available environmental information and materials to
aid in implementing subdivision (a).
   (c) Any recommended revisions in reference to the course
requirements in science shall not be implemented until the
commencement of the appropriate curriculum framework adoption cycle
subsequent to the revision.