Digest: The Act would make new laws that would require climate change instruction to be included in certain subjects taught in public schools. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.2).
Directs the State Board of Education to [
include an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability and climate change across all subjects for which academic content standards are established]
ensure that academic content standards for core subjects include sufficient instruction on the causes and effects of climate change and strategies for responding to such causes and effects.
Applies to academic content standards that are reviewed and revised on or after the effective date of the Act.
Statutes affected: Introduced: 329.045
A-Engrossed: 329.045