II 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1372 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding 

environmental education, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 14, 2011 

Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. DURBIN, 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. KERRY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mrs. 

MURRAY, Mr. SANDERS, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘No Child Left Inside Act of 2011’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. References. 


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Sec. 3. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE I—ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY PLANS 

Sec. 101. Development, approval, and implementation of State environmental 

literacy plans. 

TITLE II—ESTABLISHMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAMS 

Sec. 201. Environmental education professional development grant programs. 

TITLE III—ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM TO 

HELP BUILD NATIONAL CAPACITY 

Sec. 301. Environmental education grant program to help build national capacity. 

1 SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 

2 Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 

3 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

4 of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other 

5 provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to 

6 a section or other provision of the Elementary and Sec7 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.). 

8 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap10 propriated to carry out section 5622(g) and part E of title 

11 II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

12 1965, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2012 

13 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. 

14 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—With respect to any amount ap15 propriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year— 

16 (1) not more than 70 percent of such amount 

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1 ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for 

2 such fiscal year; and 

3 (2) not less than 30 percent of such amount 

4 shall be used to carry out part E of title II of such 

5 Act for such fiscal year. 

6 TITLE I—ENVIRONMENTAL 

7 LITERACY PLANS 

8 SEC. 101. DEVELOPMENT, APPROVAL, AND IMPLEMENTA9 TION OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY 

10 PLANS. 

11 Part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) is amended 

12 by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘Subpart 22—Environmental Literacy Plans 

14 ‘‘SEC. 5621. ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY PLAN REQUIRE15 MENTS. 

16 ‘‘In order for any State educational agency, or a local 

17 educational agency served by a State educational agency, 

18 to receive grant funds, either directly or through participa19 tion in a partnership with a recipient of grant funds, 

20 under this subpart or part E of title II, the State edu21 cational agency shall meet the requirements regarding an 

22 environmental literacy plan under section 5622. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 5622. STATE ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY PLANS. 

24 ‘‘(a) SUBMISSION OF PLAN.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the date of enactment of the No Child Left Inside 

3 Act of 2011, a State educational agency subject to 

4 the requirements of section 5621 shall, in consulta5 tion with State environmental agencies and State 

6 natural resource agencies, and with input from the 

7 public— 

8 ‘‘(A) submit an environmental literacy plan 

9 for prekindergarten through grade 12 to the 

10 Secretary for peer review and approval that will 

11 ensure that elementary and secondary school 

12 students in the State are environmentally lit13 erate; and 

14 ‘‘(B) begin the implementation of such 

15 plan in the State. 

16 ‘‘(2) EXISTING PLANS.—A State may satisfy 

17 the requirement of paragraph (1)(A) by submitting 

18 to the Secretary for peer review an existing State 

19 plan that has been developed in cooperation with a 

20 State environmental or natural resource manage21 ment agency, if such plan complies with this section. 

22 ‘‘(b) PLAN OBJECTIVES.—A State environmental lit23 eracy plan shall meet the following objectives: 


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1 ‘‘(1) Prepare students to understand, analyze, 

2 and address the major environmental challenges fac3 ing the students’ State and the United States. 

4 ‘‘(2) Provide field experiences as part of the 

5 regular school curriculum and create programs that 

6 contribute to healthy lifestyles through outdoor 

7 recreation and sound nutrition. 

8 ‘‘(3) Create opportunities for enhanced and on9 going professional development for teachers that im10 proves the teachers’— 

11 ‘‘(A) environmental subject matter knowl12 edge; and 

13 ‘‘(B) pedagogical skills in teaching about 

14 environmental issues, including the use of— 

15 ‘‘(i) interdisciplinary, field-based, and 

16 research-based learning; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) innovative technology in the 

18 classroom. 

19 ‘‘(c) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—A State environmental 

20 literacy plan shall include each of the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) A description of how the State educational 

22 agency will measure the environmental literacy of 

23 students, including— 

24 ‘‘(A) relevant State academic content 

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1 mental education, and courses or subjects where 

2 environmental education instruction will be in3 tegrated throughout the prekindergarten to 

4 grade 12 curriculum; and 

5 ‘‘(B) a description of the relationship of 

6 the plan to the secondary school graduation re7 quirements of the State. 

8 ‘‘(2) A description of programs for professional 

9 development for teachers to improve the teachers’— 

10 ‘‘(A) environmental subject matter knowl11 edge; and 

12 ‘‘(B) pedagogical skills in teaching about 

13 environmental issues, including the use of— 

14 ‘‘(i) interdisciplinary, field-based, and 

15 research-based learning; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) innovative technology in the 

17 classroom. 

18 ‘‘(3) A description of how the State educational 

19 agency will implement the plan, including securing 

20 funding and other necessary support. 

21 ‘‘(d) PLAN UPDATE.—The State environmental lit22 eracy plan shall be revised or updated by the State edu23 cational agency and submitted to the Secretary not less 

24 often than every 5 years or as appropriate to reflect plan 

25 modifications. 


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1 ‘‘(e) PEER REVIEW AND SECRETARIAL APPROVAL.— 

2 The Secretary shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) establish a peer review process to assist in 

4 the review of State environmental literacy plans; 

5 ‘‘(2) appoint individuals to the peer review 

6 process who— 

7 ‘‘(A) are representative of parents, teach8 ers, State educational agencies, State environ9 mental agencies, State natural resource agen10 cies, local educational agencies, and nongovern11 mental organizations; and 

12 ‘‘(B) are familiar with national environ13 mental issues and the health and educational 

14 needs of students; 

15 ‘‘(3) include, in the peer review process, appro16 priate representatives from the Department of Com17 merce, Department of Interior, Department of En18 ergy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and 

19 other appropriate Federal agencies, to provide envi20 ronmental expertise and background for evaluation 

21 of the State environmental literacy plan; 

22 ‘‘(4) approve a State environmental literacy 

23 plan not later than 120 days after the plan’s sub24 mission unless the Secretary determines that the 


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1 State environmental literacy plan does not meet the 

2 requirements of this section; 

3 ‘‘(5) immediately notify the State if the Sec4 retary determines that the State environmental lit5 eracy plan does not meet the requirements of this 

6 section, and state the reasons for such determina7 tion; 

8 ‘‘(6) not decline to approve a State environ9 mental literacy plan before— 

10 ‘‘(A) offering the State an opportunity to 

11 revise the State environmental literacy plan; 

12 ‘‘(B) providing technical assistance in 

13 order to assist the State to meet the require14 ments of this section; and 

15 ‘‘(C) providing notice and an opportunity 

16 for a hearing; and 

17 ‘‘(7) have the authority to decline to approve a 

18 State environmental literacy plan for not meeting 

19 the requirements of this part, but shall not have the 

20 authority to require a State, as a condition of ap21 proval of the State environmental literacy plan, to— 

22 ‘‘(A) include in, or delete from, such State 

23 environmental literacy plan 1 or more specific 

24 elements of the State academic content stand25 ards under section 1111(b)(1); or 


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1 ‘‘(B) use specific academic assessment in2 struments or items. 

3 ‘‘(f) STATE REVISIONS.—The State educational 

4 agency shall have the opportunity to revise a State envi5 ronmental literacy plan if such revision is necessary to sat6 isfy the requirements of this section. 

7 ‘‘(g) GRANTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From amounts 

9 appropriated for this subsection, the Secretary shall 

10 award grants, through allotments in accordance with 

11 the regulations described in paragraph (2), to States 

12 to enable the States to award subgrants, on a com13 petitive basis, to local educational agencies and eligi14 ble partnerships (as such term is defined in section 

15 2502) to support the implementation of the State 

16 environmental literacy plan. 

17 ‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pro18 mulgate regulations implementing the grant pro19 gram under paragraph (1), which regulations shall 

20 include the development of an allotment formula 

21 that best achieves the purposes of this subpart. 

22 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A State re23 ceiving a grant under this subsection may use not 

24 more than 2.5 percent of the grant funds for admin25 istrative expenses. 


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1 ‘‘(h) REPORTING.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

3 after approval of a State environmental literacy 

4 plan, and every 2 years thereafter, the State edu5 cational agency shall submit to the Secretary a re6 port on the implementation of the State plan. 

7 ‘‘(2) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—The report re8 quired by this subsection shall be— 

9 ‘‘(A) in the form specified by the Sec10 retary; 

11 ‘‘(B) based on the State’s ongoing evalua12 tion activities; and 

13 ‘‘(C) made readily available to the public.’’. 

14 TITLE II—ESTABLISHMENT OF 

15 ENVIRONMENTAL EDU16 CATION PROFESSIONAL DE17 VELOPMENT GRANT PRO18 GRAMS 

19 SEC. 201. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL 

20 DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAMS. 

21 Title II (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended by add22 ing at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘PART E—ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PRO2 FESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT PRO3 GRAMS 

4 ‘‘SEC. 2501. PURPOSE. 

5 ‘‘The purpose of this part is to ensure the academic 

6 achievement of students in environmental literacy through 

7 the professional development of teachers and educators. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 2502. GRANTS FOR ENHANCING EDUCATION 

9 THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. 

10 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—In 

11 this section, the term ‘eligible partnership’ means a part12 nership that— 

13 ‘‘(1) shall include a local educational agency; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(2) may include— 

16 ‘‘(A) the teacher training department of an 

17 institution of higher education; 

18 ‘‘(B) the environmental department of an 

19 institution of higher education; 

20 ‘‘(C) another local educational agency, a 

21 public charter school, a public elementary 

22 school or secondary school, or a consortium of 

23 such schools; 

24 ‘‘(D) a Federal, State, regional, or local 

25 environmental or natural resource management 

26 agency that has demonstrated effectiveness in 


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1 improving the quality of environmental edu2 cation teachers; or 

3 ‘‘(E) a nonprofit organization that has 

4 demonstrated effectiveness in improving the 

5 quality of environmental education teachers. 

6 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

7 ‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From amounts 

8 appropriated for this subsection, the Secretary shall 

9 award grants, through allotments in accordance with 

10 the regulations described in paragraph (2), to States 

11 whose State environmental literacy plan has been 

12 approved under section 5622, to enable the States to 

13 award subgrants under subsection (c). 

14 ‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pro15 mulgate regulations implementing the grant pro16 gram under paragraph (1), which regulations shall 

17 include the development of an allotment formula 

18 that best achieves the purposes of this subpart. 

19 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A State re20 ceiving a grant under this subsection may use not 

21 more than 2.5 percent of the grant funds for admin22 istrative expenses. 

23 ‘‘(c) SUBGRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

24 ‘‘(1) SUBGRANTS TO ELIGIBLE PARTNER25 SHIPS.—From amounts made available to a State 


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1 educational agency under subsection (b)(1), the 

2 State educational agency shall award subgrants, on 

3 a competitive basis, to eligible partnerships serving 

4 the State, to enable the eligible partnerships to carry 

5 out the authorized activities described in subsection 

6 (e) consistent with the approved State environmental 

7 literacy plan. 

8 ‘‘(2) DURATION.—The State educational agency 

9 shall award each subgrant under this part for a pe10 riod of not more than 3 years beginning on the date 

11 of approval of the State’s environmental literacy 

12 plan under section 5622. 

13 ‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds 

14 provided to an eligible partnership under this part 

15 shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, funds 

16 that would otherwise be used for activities author17 ized under this part. 

18 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible partnership 

20 desiring a subgrant under this part shall submit an 

21 application to the State educational agency, at such 

22 time, in such manner, and accompanied by such in23 formation as the State educational agency may re24 quire. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

2 under paragraph (1) shall include— 

3 ‘‘(A) the results of a comprehensive assess4 ment of the teacher quality and professional de5 velopment needs, with respect to the teaching 

6 and learning of environmental content; 

7 ‘‘(B) an explanation of how the activities 

8 to be carried out by the eligible partnership are 

9 expected to improve student academic achieve10 ment and strengthen the quality of environ11 mental instruction; 

12 ‘‘(C) a description of how the activities to 

13 be carried out by the eligible partnership— 

14 ‘‘(i) will be aligned with challenging 

15 State academic content standards and stu16 dent academic achievement standards in 

17 environmental education, to the extent 

18 such standards exist, and with the State’s 

19 environmental literacy plan under section 

20 5622; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) will advance the teaching of 

22 interdisciplinary courses that integrate the 

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1 nents in which students have the oppor2 tunity to directly experience nature; 

3 ‘‘(D) a description of how the activities to 

4 be carried out by the eligible partnership will 

5 ensure that teachers are trained in the use of 

6 field-based or service learning to enable the 

7 teachers— 

8 ‘‘(i) to use the local environment and 

9 community as a resource; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) to enhance student under11 standing of the environment and academic 

12 achievement; 

13 ‘‘(E) a description of— 

14 ‘‘(i) how the eligible partnership will 

15 carry out the authorized activities de16 scribed in subsection (e); and 

17 ‘‘(ii) the eligible partnership’s evalua18 tion and accountability plan described in 

19 subsection (f); and 

20 ‘‘(F) a description of how the eligible part21 nership will continue the activities funded under 

22 this part after the grant period has expired. 

23 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible partner24 ship shall use the subgrant funds provided under this part 


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1 for 1 or more of the following activities related to elemen2 tary schools or secondary schools: 

3 ‘‘(1) Creating opportunities for enhanced and 

4 ongoing professional development of teachers that 

5 improves the environmental subject matter knowl6 edge of such teachers. 

7 ‘‘(2) Creating opportunities for enhanced and 

8 ongoing professional development of teachers that 

9 improves teachers’ pedagogical skills in teaching 

10 about the environment and environmental issues, in11 cluding in the use of— 

12 ‘‘(A) interdisciplinary, research-based, and 

13 field-based learning; and 

14 ‘‘(B) innovative technology in the class15 room. 

16 ‘‘(3) Establishing and operating environmental 

17 education summer workshops or institutes, including 

18 follow-up training, for elementary and secondary 

19 school teachers to improve their pedagogical skills 

20 and subject matter knowledge for the teaching of en21 vironmental education. 

22 ‘‘(4) Developing or redesigning more rigorous 

23 environmental education curricula that— 

24 ‘‘(A) are aligned with challenging State 

25 academic content standards in environmental 


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1 education, to the extent such standards exist, 

2 and with the State environmental literacy plan 

3 under section 5622; and 

4 ‘‘(B) advance the teaching of interdiscipli5 nary courses that integrate the study of nat6 ural, social, and economic systems and that in7 clude strong field components. 

8 ‘‘(5) Designing programs to prepare teachers at 

9 a school to provide mentoring and professional devel10 opment to other teachers at such school to improve 

11 teacher environmental education subject matter and 

12 pedagogical skills. 

13 ‘‘(6) Establishing and operating programs to 

14 bring teachers into contact with working profes15 sionals in environmental fields to expand such teach16 ers’ subject matter knowledge of, and research in, 

17 environmental issues. 

18 ‘‘(7) Creating initiatives that seek to incor19 porate environmental education within teacher train20 ing programs or accreditation standards consistent 

21 with the State environmental literacy plan under 

22 section 5622. 

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1 edge and professional development of teachers and 

2 help students directly experience nature. 

3 ‘‘(f) EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible partnership 

5 receiving a subgrant under this part shall develop an 

6 evaluation and accountability plan for activities as7 sisted under this part that includes rigorous objec8 tives that measure the impact of the activities. 

9 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The plan developed under 

10 paragraph (1) shall include measurable objectives to 

11 increase the number of teachers who participate in 

12 environmental education content-based professional 

13 development activities. 

14 ‘‘(g) REPORT.—Each eligible partnership receiving a 

15 subgrant under this part shall report annually, for each 

16 year of the subgrant, to the State educational agency re17 garding the eligible partnership’s progress in meeting the 

18 objectives described in the accountability plan of the eligi19 ble partnership under subsection (f).’’. 


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1 TITLE III—ENVIRONMENTAL 

2 EDUCATION GRANT PRO3 GRAM TO HELP BUILD NA4 TIONAL CAPACITY 

5 SEC. 301. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM 

6 TO HELP BUILD NATIONAL CAPACITY. 

7 Part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) (as amend8 ed by section 101) is further amended by adding at the 

9 end the following: 

10 ‘‘Subpart 23—Environmental Education Grant 

11 Program 

12 ‘‘SEC. 5631. PURPOSES. 

13 ‘‘The purposes of this subpart are— 

14 ‘‘(1) to prepare children to understand and ad15 dress major environmental challenges facing the 

16 United States; and 

17 ‘‘(2) to strengthen environmental education as 

18 an integral part of the elementary school and sec19 ondary school curriculum. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 5632. GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

21 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—In 

22 this section, the term ‘eligible partnership’ means a part23 nership that— 

24 ‘‘(1) shall include a local educational agency; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(2) may include— 

2 ‘‘(A) the teacher training department of an 

3 institution of higher education; 

4 ‘‘(B) the environmental department of an 

5 institution of higher education; 

6 ‘‘(C) another local educational agency, a 

7 public charter school, a public elementary 

8 school or secondary school, or a consortium of 

9 such schools; 

10 ‘‘(D) a Federal, State, regional, or local 

11 environmental or natural resource management 

12 agency, or park and recreation department, 

13 that has demonstrated effectiveness, expertise, 

14 and experience in the development of the insti15 tutional, financial, intellectual, or policy re16 sources needed to help the field of environ17 mental education become more effective and 

18 widely practiced; and 

19 ‘‘(E) a nonprofit organization that has 

20 demonstrated effectiveness, expertise, and expe21 rience in the development of the institutional, 

22 financial, intellectual, or policy resources needed 

23 to help the field of environmental education be24 come more effective and widely practiced. 

25 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 

2 to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible 

3 partnerships to enable the eligible partnerships to 

4 pay the Federal share of the costs of activities under 

5 this subpart. 

6 ‘‘(2) DURATION.—Each grant under this sub7 part shall be for a period of not less than 1 year and 

8 not more than 3 years. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 5633. APPLICATIONS. 

10 ‘‘Each eligible partnership desiring a grant under this 

11 subpart shall submit to the Secretary an application that 

12 contains— 

13 ‘‘(1) a plan to initiate, expand, or improve envi14 ronmental education programs in order to make 

15 progress toward meeting— 

16 ‘‘(A) challenging State academic content 

17 standards and student academic achievement 

18 standards in environmental education, to the 

19 extent such standards exist; and 

20 ‘‘(B) academic standards that are aligned 

21 with the State’s environmental literacy plan 

22 under section 5622; and 

23 ‘‘(2) an evaluation and accountability plan for 

24 activities assisted under this subpart that includes 


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1 rigorous objectives that measure the impact of ac2 tivities funded under this subpart. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 5634. USE OF FUNDS. 

4 ‘‘Grant funds made available under this subpart shall 

5 be used for 1 or more of the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) Developing and implementing State cur7 riculum frameworks for environmental education 

8 that meet— 

9 ‘‘(A) challenging State academic content 

10 standards and student academic achievement 

11 standards for environmental education, to the 

12 extent such standards exist; and 

13 ‘‘(B) academic standards that are aligned 

14 with the State’s environmental literacy plan 

15 under section 5622. 

16 ‘‘(2) Replicating or disseminating information 

17 about proven and tested model environmental edu18 cation programs that— 

19 ‘‘(A) use the environment as an integrating 

20 theme or content throughout the curriculum; or 

21 ‘‘(B) provide integrated, interdisciplinary 

22 instruction about natural, social, and economic 

23 systems along with field experience that pro24 vides students with opportunities to directly ex25 perience nature in ways designed to improve 


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1 students’ overall academic performance, per2 sonal health (including addressing child obesity 

3 issues), and understanding of nature. 

4 ‘‘(3) Developing and implementing new ap5 proaches to advancing environmental education, and 

6 to advancing the adoption and use of environmental 

7 education content standards, at the State and local 

8 levels. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 5635. REPORTS. 

10 ‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP REPORT.—In order to 

11 continue receiving grant funds under this subpart after 

12 the first year of a multiyear grant under this subpart, the 

13 eligible partnership shall submit to the Secretary an an14 nual report that— 

15 ‘‘(1) describes the activities assisted under this 

16 subpart that were conducted during the preceding 

17 year; 

18 ‘‘(2) demonstrates that progress has been made 

19 in helping schools to meet the State academic stand20 ards for environmental education described in sec21 tion 5634(1); and 

22 ‘‘(3) describes the results of the eligible part23 nership’s evaluation and accountability plan. 

24 ‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 

25 after the date of enactment of the No Child Left Inside 


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1 Act of 2011 and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 

2 submit a report to Congress that— 

3 ‘‘(1) describes the programs assisted under this 

4 subpart; 

5 ‘‘(2) documents the success of such programs in 

6 improving national and State environmental edu7 cation capacity; and 

8 ‘‘(3) makes such recommendations as the Sec9 retary determines appropriate for the continuation 

10 and improvement of the programs assisted under 

11 this subpart. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 5636. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

13 ‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a 

14 grant under this subpart shall not exceed— 

15 ‘‘(1) 90 percent of the total costs of the activi16 ties assisted under the grant for the first year for 

17 which the program receives assistance under this 

18 subpart; and 

19 ‘‘(2) 75 percent of such costs for each of the 

20 second and third years. 

21 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than 

22 7.5 percent of the grant funds made available to an eligible 

23 partnership under this subpart for any fiscal year may be 

24 used for administrative expenses. 


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1 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts made 

2 available to the Secretary to carry out this subpart shall 

3 remain available until expended. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 5637. SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT. 

5 ‘‘Funds made available under this subpart shall be 

6 used to supplement, and not supplant, any other Federal, 

7 State, or local funds available for environmental education 

8 activities.’’. 

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