(3) emphasize actionable information to help 
people understand and promote implementation of 
new technologies, programs, and incentives related 
to climate change, climate adaptation and mitiga-
tion, and climate resilience. 
SEC. 5. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the Climate Change 
Education Program established under section 4, the Ad-
ministrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration shall establish a program to make grants— 
(1) to States to encourage and support plans 
and programs for kindergarten through grade 12 
formal and informal climate change education— 
(A) to ensure that students graduate from 
high school with high climate literacy, includ-
ing— 
(i) relevant teacher training and pro-
fessional development; 
(ii) science, technology, engineering, 
arts and design, and mathematics edu-
cation; and 
(iii) interdisciplinary studies; and 
(B) with a particular focus on programs 
that advance widespread State and local edu-
cational agency adoption of climate change edu-
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cation, including funding for State educational 
agencies in partnership with local educational 
agencies and local nonprofit organizations to— 
(i) integrate key principles of climate 
change education into existing kinder-
garten through grade 12 State academic 
content 
standards, 
student 
academic 
achievement standards, or State cur-
riculum frameworks; 
(ii) create model State climate change 
curricula; 
(iii) develop and implement State 
teacher training programs; and 
(iv) support secondary school prepara-
tion or work-based experiences in green 
collar jobs; 
(2) to institutions of higher education to— 
(A) improve the quality of and access to 
training, certification, and higher education for 
green collar jobs in the future green economy, 
such as green construction, design, technology, 
health, engineering, business, and policy stud-
ies, including sustainability science, and with a 
particular focus on programs that address re-
structuring institutional incentives and reducing 
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institutional barriers to widespread faculty 
adoption of interdisciplinary teaching of climate 
change education; and 
(B) engage teams of faculty and students 
to develop applied climate research and deliver 
to local communities direct services related to 
local climate mitigation and adaptation issues, 
with a priority focus on communities impacted 
by climate change; and 
(3) to professional associations for projects that 
build capacity at the State and national levels for 
continuing education by practicing professionals and 
the general public in green economy fields. 
(b) CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION OFFICE.—There 
shall be, within the Office of Education of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a Climate 
Change Education Office to administer the grant program 
required by subsection (a). 
SEC. 6. REPORT. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Adminis-
trator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration shall submit to Congress a report that evaluates 
the scientific merits, educational effectiveness, and broad-
er effects of activities carried out under this Act. 
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SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional 
Oceanic 
and 
Atmospheric 
Administration 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2024 
to carry out this Act. 
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