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.