113 HR 2702 IH: No Child Left Inside Act of 2013
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-07-16
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the No Child Left Inside Act of
2013
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE I—Environmental literacy
Sec. 101. Environmental literacy.
TITLE II—Promoting environmental literacy in education
programs
Sec. 201. Amendments to title II, part B.
Sec. 202. Amendments to title IV, part B.
TITLE III—National activities to enhance
environmental literacy
Sec. 301. Availability of other environmental literacy
information.
Sec. 302. Federal interagency
coordination on environmental literacy.
2.The Congress finds that:
(1)Children and young
adults are increasingly disconnected from the natural world around them,
spending less time outside playing, exploring, and learning.
(2)Play and learning
in nature is important to the intellectual, social, and physical development of
youth.
(3)Environmental
education, as part of the formal prekindergarten through grade 12 school
curriculum, provides opportunities for youth to get outside and learn about the
natural world, has positive impacts on student achievement in all subjects and
especially in science, reading, mathematics, and social studies, and improves
critical thinking skills, enthusiasm for learning, stewardship, and healthy
lifestyles.
(4)By many
indicators, the United States is falling behind other nations in preparing
students with the educational tools necessary to compete for the growing
opportunities in the sciences, including environmental, natural resource, and
energy-related careers.
(5)Reports by boards
of the National Science Foundation, the National Environmental Education
Advisory Council, and the National Council for Science and the Environment,
among others, have called for a systemic approach to environmental education in
the formal education system to improve the environmental literacy of youth and
better prepare students for college and the 21st century workforce.
(6)Forty-eight States
have developed, or are in the process of developing, environmental literacy
plans to effectively integrate environmental education into the prekindergarten
through grade 12 curriculum and ensure that students graduate from high school
environmentally literate. At the same time, most states are aligning curricula
with the Common Core State Standards.
(7)Support from the
Department of Education is needed to help State and local educational agencies,
and the partners of such agencies, implement environmental literacy plans and
advance State curriculum frameworks for environmental and natural resource
education that meets new State academic content and student achievement
standards and aligns with the Next Generation Science Framework.
(8)Federal science
and natural resource agencies have important resources, including Federal lands
and laboratories, content experts, data, and programs that can inform and
support State and local environmental literacy policies and programming.
3.Except as otherwise specifically provided,
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall
be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).
4.Authorization of
appropriations
(a)There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out subpart 22 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
2014 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
(b)With
respect to any amount appropriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal
year—
(1)not less than 70
percent of such amount shall be used to carry out section 5622 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for such fiscal year; and
(2)not more than 30
percent of such amount shall be used to carry out section 5623 of such Act for
such fiscal year.
<enum>I</enum><header>Environmental
Literacy</header>
<section id="H36C53DC39A45406999F10A2D23144D64"><enum>101.</enum><header>Environmental
Literacy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part D of title V (20
U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC34A784C708400E974CB0E3BABA951F" style="OLC">
<subpart id="H12D5B391E6EA49389D3A7A1EB0C89105"><enum>22</enum><header>Environmental
Literacy</header>
<section id="H46E433B4F18940968A7E22EA971AA4B4"><enum>5621.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subpart:</text>
<paragraph id="HF276776680C04141BDFC43A2D1CA8C4F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
partnership</header><text>The term <term>eligible partnership</term> means a
partnership that includes a local educational agency and not less than 1 of the
following partners:</text>
<subparagraph id="H60ED9B54EBFA48B1A5908BE205A2990E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A teacher
preparation program at an institution of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1063CDAB5624EF1AB996CA5DAA375BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The environmental
or life sciences department of an institution of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEC5C4D69954476DB59895DFC87847F8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Another local
educational agency, a public charter school, a public elementary school or
secondary school, or a consortium of such schools.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E2EF7CB3C494D3A9CE8BEA91F522A2D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A Federal, State,
regional, or local environmental or natural resource management agency, or
parks and recreation department, that has demonstrated effectiveness,
expertise, and experience in the field of environmental literacy, including the
professional development of teachers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE58615160A9C4D9EB147A58CC48CBF65"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A nonprofit
organization that has demonstrated effectiveness, expertise, and experience in
the field of environmental literacy, including the professional development of
teachers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H40751B82F56D4CD98F1C9E028581AD98"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Environmental
literacy</header><text>The term <term>environmental literacy</term> means a
fundamental understanding of ecological principles, the systems of the natural
world, and the relationships and interactions between natural and man-made
environments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0DFFDBDA9BD48FFA663C5048B7E51DF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Environmental
literacy plan</header><text>The term <term>environmental literacy plan</term>
means a plan developed, approved, or sponsored by the State educational agency
in consultation with State environmental agencies, State environmental
education associations, and State natural resource agencies, and with input
from the public, that:</text>
<subparagraph id="H35C59D2F5F8E4946BDA654248FC94822"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Prepares students
to understand ecological principles, the systems of the natural world, and the
relationships and interactions between natural and man-made
environments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H068FF80C9B4842AFAF07AAE1C4443196"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Provides field and
hands-on experiences as part of the regular school curriculum and creates
programs that contribute to healthy lifestyles through outdoor recreation and
sound nutrition.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B64E4CBCDF14B9D96EFB5C7285D9AFF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Provides
environmental service learning opportunities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BFC7A7A502F46A996755010C4313644"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Provides targeted
professional development opportunities for teachers that improves the
teachers'—</text>
<clause id="H77F32FD7A02F45F6A418B6C9761CFD1F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>environmental and
natural resource content knowledge; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2722E82CFA504AFAAEC4EDBB39E2EA54"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>pedagogical
skills in teaching about the environment, including the use of—</text>
<subclause id="HFA8683682A344569BE6703E63CBB7D7F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>interdisciplinary,
field-based, and research-based learning; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB510B07F1202474584E5F7998B0DE8C5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics content knowledge and tools.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0AE72A05673B4186B3EEC2620C709A79"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Describes the
measures the State will use to assess the environmental literacy of students,
including—</text>
<clause id="H554B3F976D2B40B6978D92DB9C48D605"><enum>(i)</enum><text>relevant State
academic content standards and content areas regarding environmental education,
and courses or subjects where environmental education instruction will be
integrated throughout the prekindergarten through grade 12 curriculum;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H16EB85866E9C47EFA7D1CB385E2FF65F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
description of the relationship of the plan to the secondary school graduation
requirements of the State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EF2A2DE315C44BFB2BFE252CE7DD33F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Describes how the
State educational agency will implement the plan, in partnership with
non-governmental organizations, Federal agencies, State environmental agencies,
State environmental education associations, State natural resource agencies,
and local educational agencies, including how the State educational agency will
secure funding and other necessary support.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD916C1A2ECB14BFB875943C653876987"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Is periodically
updated by the State educational agency not less often than every 5
years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C84B590225E4853B382AE33F6F4D0BC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>High-need local
educational agency</header><text>The term <quote>high-need local educational
agency</quote> means a local educational agency—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0BD746A70378471B97BADED2C855335D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for which not less
than 20 percent of the children served by the agency are children from
low-income families;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2F198B7FD1C4AE3947805FE044E3FA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that serves not
fewer than 10,000 children from low-income families;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F77DE44B4B046DCBE473C666256E0BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that meets the
eligibility requirements for funding under section 6211(b); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE5742BA0ED345F4A587662246891C35"><enum>(D)</enum><text>that meets the
eligibility requirements for funding under section 6221(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H29AB55AAB11F499386164979705AB07F"><enum>5622.</enum><header>Grants for
Implementation of Environmental Literacy Plans</header>
<subsection id="H435F41CC0DBA4E3DBCD363B49228560A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From amounts
appropriated for this section, the Secretary shall award grants to States to
enable the States to award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to eligible
partnerships to support the implementation of the State environmental literacy
plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF5EEE8796D2946C0B97266F38D93B263"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="HD31141B99F0C42E399B3CA8799144D70"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A State that desires a grant under this section shall
submit an application to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1158E612B6948C3A50F26695D44B99B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
application under this subsection shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H51BEF401C84041398E775359E9E33482"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include the
State’s environmental literacy plan and information on the status of
implementation of such plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE368C7A9DD60412D9D29E351E0444F33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe how funds
received under this subsection will assist the State in furthering the
implementation of the State’s environmental literacy plan;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD6D40EA31E24632A3C7C2A388B366F6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describe the
process the State will use to make subgrants to eligible partnerships;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB16A44405D3642508D90C5B248647629"><enum>(D)</enum><text>describe the
process the State will use to evaluate the impact of the activities assisted
under this subpart.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8EB922C52F5241748616387DB31E673F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Peer
review</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H61FAE6C53EE841D0B898A17109207DA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish a peer
review process to assist in the review of grant applications under this
section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD1D7E13727D4ED28EF44697735A1A18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>appoint
individuals to the peer review process who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE94FF1A528914227AD06C7683452A174"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are representative
of parents, teachers, State educational agencies, State environmental agencies,
State natural resource agencies, local educational agencies, and
nongovernmental organizations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61446550320A4533AF19B63AA29C9906"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are familiar with
national environmental issues and the health and educational needs of students;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6A8FDE5841F54015B4D1FB305CE35142"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include, in the
peer review process, appropriate representatives from the Department of
Commerce, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, the
Environmental Protection Agency, and other appropriate Federal agencies, to
provide environmental expertise and background for evaluation of the State
environmental literacy plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H459764A114FD4F53926EDDF276DC93E4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administrative
expenses</header><text>A State receiving a grant under this subsection may use
not more than 2.5 percent of the grant funds for administrative
expenses.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF313EAD277EE482E8F354E41C90237D2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>State
Educational Agency Report</header>
<paragraph id="HC18D21324C494984A9A7E662DF67E137"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each State receiving a grant under this subpart shall
prepare and submit an annual report to the Secretary containing information
about—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD631EAB19E1C45BABFA28CA75D3D177B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the implementation
of the environmental literacy plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF51770B16FA8441081FFBEED46F57278"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the grant
activities supported under this subpart.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H22C7D4979BF044BFB1A0793E4F661DDB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report
requirements</header><text>The report required by this section shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1205AA5857AC40F48682C403387939CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the form
specified by the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21D88BAAE4E44062984FA2F7FE57B414"><enum>(B)</enum><text>based on the
State's ongoing evaluation activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED2419D8ED0F4C7ABE714A6BEB7750CE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>made readily
available to the public.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0F2F1A4A0E534E089A53798ECEEDAD68"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Subgrants
authorized</header>
<paragraph id="HEA82F3F079804AD99F92B0F6CE448FF2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Subgrants to
eligible partnerships</header><text>From amounts made available to a State
educational agency under subsection (a), the State educational agency shall
award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to eligible partnerships serving the
State, to enable the eligible partnerships to carry out the authorized
activities described in subsection (h).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H451189DA3AA9477FB3E6426A53BD1695"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>The
State educational agency shall award each subgrant under this section for a
period of not more than 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD2DDB6903C2463AA2119317AB80A3AE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
making subgrants under this section, a State shall give priority to eligible
partnerships that include a high-need local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D358D61BE124249A12B61D6FF0C6583"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Supplement, not
supplant</header><text>Funds provided to an eligible partnership under this
section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, funds that would
otherwise be used for activities authorized under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB1AE8B82A922498DBF5C5D2B9154C00E"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Application
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H0FB296C27FE14DBBAB7F023ABCE30B8F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each eligible partnership desiring a subgrant under this
section shall submit an application to the State educational agency, at such
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the State
educational agency may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78E393BDC60B4FBAA3AFD6F6C302FD1B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
application submitted under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCC68C184E6BE4010BA668DA89016268E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of
teacher professional development needs, with respect to the teaching and
learning of environmental content;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E86FD9EFACB49489D6CD6344ADB1948"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an explanation of
how the activities to be carried out by the eligible partnership are expected
to improve student academic achievement and strengthen the quality of
environmental instruction;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9E83EFD9E9C409490CD3E6521C3BB34"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of
how the activities to be carried out by the eligible partnership—</text>
<clause id="H1BE45E35709A49D3971E58437CD85F94"><enum>(i)</enum><text>will be aligned
with challenging State academic content standards and student academic
achievement standards in environmental education, to the extent such standards
exist, and with the State's environmental literacy plan; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2E27810036A946E0A940B1E2302C5DE3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>will advance the
teaching of interdisciplinary courses that integrate the study of natural,
social, and economic systems and that include strong field components in which
students have the opportunity to directly experience nature through outdoor
environmental learning;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EFD58DB2B3544ACAA9EC60683DD43DD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of
how the activities to be carried out by the eligible partnership will ensure
that teachers are trained in the use of field-based or service learning to
enable the teachers—</text>
<clause id="H30B67E3CB70442B5B3D6D2568261F77A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
use the local environment and community as a resource; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4AC25581CE8B4649856901A91F564812"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to improve
student understanding of the environment and increase academic
achievement;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H898A597A9694437A8786D9F7A638EF86"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description
of—</text>
<clause id="HD7C7A8F4756D47DE9806CCA8C4A0CEE5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>how the eligible
partnership will carry out the authorized activities described in subsection
(h); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H84D1913D5353431986E5E57C5C9D8053"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the eligible
partnership's evaluation and accountability plan described in subsection (i);
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD83777E0083345858FB4EA7167690C09"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a description of
how the eligible partnership will continue the activities funded under this
section after the grant period has expired.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H27C95277CEAE44C5B0A6AA665D1C909A"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header><text>An eligible partnership shall use the subgrant funds
provided under this section for 1 or more of the following activities related
to elementary schools or secondary schools:</text>
<paragraph id="H5C3CAA33319D4EB8823EF15D0968240C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Providing
targeted, job-embedded professional development opportunities for teachers that
improve the environmental content knowledge and pedagogical skills in teaching
about the environment of such teachers, including in the use of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD651124F544B4FEDAE1226ADE899F719"><enum>(A)</enum><text>interdisciplinary,
research-based, and field-based learning; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AFE9F563D45479398DFD7DDF045DD50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>technology in the
classroom.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE52407F49D91482094692B4F0B4BB479"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Establishing and
operating environmental education summer workshops or institutes, including
follow-up professional development, for elementary and secondary school
teachers, and preschool teachers, as appropriate, to improve pedagogical skills
and content knowledge for the teaching of environmental education.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E62A382B2044BEFB4A71AEDDB333495"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Developing or
redesigning more rigorous environmental education curricula that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8527D7800D644E9FBDCE04967F7E38C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are aligned with
challenging State academic content standards in environmental education, to the
extent such standards exist, and with the State environmental literacy plan;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F755216EC1F431DBADD5DB31C897050"><enum>(B)</enum><text>advance the
teaching of interdisciplinary courses that integrate the study of natural,
social, and economic systems and that include strong field components.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFED307A1A3ED4FA580E4C4EF65A6E987"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Designing programs
to prepare teachers at a school to provide mentoring and professional
development to other teachers at such school to improve teacher environmental
education content knowledge and pedagogical skills.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA156C448AB2F474AA703A88B42D4D9AC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Establishing and
operating programs to bring teachers and students into contact with working
professionals in environmental fields to deepen such teachers' knowledge of
environmental content and research practices.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF39F75ABFC0E49588BE57698C4A6B62E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Creating
initiatives that seek to incorporate environmental education within teacher
training programs or accreditation standards consistent with the State
environmental literacy plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49DAF52662BD4E83AC530DD0D19B601D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Promoting the
integration of outdoor environmental education lessons into the regular school
curriculum and schedule in order to further the knowledge and professional
development of teachers and help students directly experience nature.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF6A51FEF44844963A3927CA2F81DFEB2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Evaluation and
accountability plan</header>
<paragraph id="HB6578D1A27C24F18B526E71EC34BF32E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each eligible partnership receiving a subgrant under this
section shall develop an evaluation and accountability plan for activities
assisted under this section that includes rigorous objectives that measure the
impact of the activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE82405F4017476EBEFF21F255F7EB5F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
plan developed under paragraph (1) shall include measurable objectives to
increase the number of teachers who participate in environmental education
content-based professional development activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB9CEA638F5F347F39F61430990C9CAEC"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Report by
eligible partnerships</header><text>Each eligible partnership receiving a
subgrant under this section shall report annually, for each year of the
subgrant, to the State educational agency regarding the eligible partnership's
progress in meeting the objectives described in the accountability plan of the
eligible partnership under subsection (i).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H04E4CFAC457042B8BACAD59C31F7CFF0"><enum>5623.</enum><header>Environmental
education grant program to help build national capacity</header>
<subsection id="HB9894FDB10994104B16E1022F98DD41C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of this section are—</text>
<paragraph id="HB103C9389C3446E7BF9F44ACC339355A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to strengthen environmental education as an
integral part of the elementary school and secondary school curriculum;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5321DA7D90024B0AAA5F12D345079E12"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to disseminate information about best
practices and resources available to support environmental literacy
programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1BD671725DDA46CEAF52BD0FE756794C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant program
authorized</header>
<paragraph id="H02CB8D5C1E5D41839283301B6AEEBA5E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to award grants, on a
competitive basis, to eligible partnerships to enable the eligible partnerships
to pay the Federal share of the costs of activities under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H371A3827719A4999B1CAE29C846F5FC2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Each
grant under this section shall be for a period of not less than 1 year and not
more than 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4E5ABF1BA1943648B523BB4E45AB2E3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible
partnerships that include a high-need local educational agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3AA01E9231E34D7D998A46B21F2577FA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each eligible partnership desiring a grant
under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application that
contains—</text>
<paragraph id="HB89E1EBCD2884D959CB2B15E7E24123B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan to initiate, expand, or improve
environmental education programs in order to make progress toward
meeting—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E71A9AA9C7A4287BD47E8440FF61110"><enum>(A)</enum><text>challenging State
academic content standards and student academic achievement standards in
environmental education, to the extent such standards exist; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H237B0CC328F54CDC98ACAF30EF2B3396"><enum>(B)</enum><text>academic standards
that are aligned with the State's environmental literacy plan; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H578B1E47A7C14E4EB222CBB8AAE93683"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an evaluation and
accountability plan for activities assisted under this section that includes
rigorous objectives that measure the impact of activities funded under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAD124799D21B4CAC9D2844EF88393E21"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant funds made
available under this section shall be used for 1 or more of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="HCF387F6C31CE4FB4B2A3F836FD5F2981"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Developing and
implementing State curriculum frameworks for environmental education that
meet—</text>
<subparagraph id="H780E55158A804582B02F9F3C742F1DC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>challenging State
academic content standards and student academic achievement standards for
environmental education, to the extent such standards exist; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72565FB3DE0E4FC4B67BCDE24C772AFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>academic standards
that are aligned with the State's environmental literacy plan under section
5622.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBF1CB8C0EE0149819D7D2E5A4972CE4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Replicating or
disseminating information about proven and tested model environmental education
programs that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB3F1E3E626E84E7BB7FB0FDEFAD5F713"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use the
environment as an integrating theme or content throughout the curriculum;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12E9274616AD4F299E4504541D91996E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide
integrated, interdisciplinary instruction about natural, social, and economic
systems along with field experience that provides students with opportunities
to directly experience nature in ways designed to improve students' overall
academic performance, personal health (including addressing child obesity
issues), and understanding of nature.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0C5013C6C7054F6BBA1BCF219DAFD851"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Developing and
implementing new approaches to advancing environmental education, and to
advancing the adoption and use of environmental education content standards, at
the State and local levels.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H535501B9198047C38290DA4F4236B67A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Eligible
partnership report</header><text>In order to continue receiving grant funds
under this section after the first year of a multiyear grant under this
section, the eligible partnership shall submit to the Secretary an annual
report that—</text>
<paragraph id="H852708AFC84C4B4FAF6B088D0733C1C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the
activities assisted under this section that were conducted during the preceding
year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H218F184CF9C34F2EA04478BBEC2435D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>demonstrates that
progress has been made in helping schools to meet the State academic standards
for environmental education described in subsection (d)(3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4143117AF82B49B891D40220909DD6CA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describes the
results of the eligible partnership's evaluation and accountability
plan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7DC6527F5E7640799B1ED9CBC811B4F9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administrative
provisions</header>
<paragraph id="HDCBDD4470D4A4F0190A6A93FEBDDEA87"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal
share</header><text>The Federal share of a grant under this section shall not
exceed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0A98ED031E1542A8BCE273E429D4BAAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>90 percent of the
total costs of the activities assisted under the grant for the first year for
which the program receives assistance under this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F2F0ABACE6B4CB58804017F062C4DBB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>75 percent of such
costs for each of the second and third years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2216A68047C74661A9D6F09FE18D18AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative
expenses</header><text>Not more than 7.5 percent of the grant funds made
available to an eligible partnership under this section for any fiscal year may
be used for administrative expenses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24580F2C8CC544C9A830470F0E79D522"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of
funds</header><text>Amounts made available to the Secretary to carry out this
section shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H346CF798AA1A48DFBF344D0F3DD01E92"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Supplement, not
supplant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available
under this section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any other
Federal, State, or local funds available for environmental education
activities.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H768C2C053C314EC590508421AFC2D00A"><enum>5624.</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2
years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>No
Child Left Inside Act of 2013</short-title> and every 2 years thereafter, the
Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HCC823C9438484F96A5E950A8615D651F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the
programs assisted under this subpart;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05CDE120D7464A6481EC4EE6F2C667FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>documents the
success of such programs in improving national and State environmental
education capacity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4828C6DB93104589BECA9F7E75BD0DB2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>makes such
recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate for the continuation
and improvement of the programs assisted under this
subpart.</text>
</paragraph></section></subpart><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Promoting
environmental literacy in education programs</header>
<section id="HD795C177E36846BB8706E34EA4726D38"><enum>201.</enum><header>Amendments to
title II, part B</header>
<paragraph id="H2491354A1A5E46A2A5B95689D473B64B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2201(b)(1)(B) (20 U.S.C.
6661(b)(1)(B)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H59017A70D28A4AD4B55646EE874075BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iii) by striking
<quote>or</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA31B216FD43D456BA1E399BD238409A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iv) by striking the period at
the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H265834C7913B4612974A627D93FE36A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90E8F6FFFE444ED199786260FFED6ED4" style="OLC">
<clause id="HA90075B4CBFA4EA9835FA06AA6A100A3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a
Federal, State, regional, or local science, environmental, or natural resource
management agency or a nonprofit environmental education organization that has
demonstrated effectiveness in improving the quality of mathematics and science
instruction.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE909D79D36EA4FC2B14459D1F97F75E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 2202 (20
U.S.C. 6662) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H228B167549554F54BBD09CC0C111A62E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)(B), by inserting <quote>, including any State environmental literacy
plan described in section 5621(a),</quote> after <quote>reform
activities</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD678D7C583884A0AB9BC453DA2E57860"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c),
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD7915EC41C44708BE02B12DF384D7A2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF89B686CE05640278780BBEB4008E53C"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Professional
development in the use of field-based or service learning to enable
teachers—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4A92CD3412284B31907D40667A5BBEE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to use the local
environment and community as a resource; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB62702A3D6EF40AD8D8B2174D4907E88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to enhance student
understanding of mathematics and science through environmental
education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H8FBC7BC3B2624878932E0B58DDE1F285"><enum>202.</enum><header>Amendments to
title IV, part B</header>
<paragraph id="H6C8EDD0FAD64474DA90E650EBA49F8A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section
4201(b)(1)(A) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7171">20 U.S.C. 7171(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting
<quote>environmental literacy,</quote> after <quote>technology</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H917090BEFDBC44709B8C364B9D092317"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 4205(a)
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7175">20 U.S.C. 7175(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE38CD33701974C239FD2591F33188F5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting the
following after paragraph (3):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00B5273708AE46589B8B682FE7866569" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9491FD92BB64407C933FAB0172D45697"><enum>(4)</enum><text>environmental
literacy activities;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46CF6F04F18744918BB94B5F3D582209"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (4) through (12) as paragraphs (5) through (13),
respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>National
Activities</header>
<section commented="no" id="HA534710A419C490C9A0A978AAF34A2F3"><enum>301.</enum><header>Availability of
other environmental literacy information</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBF0834D477CE411E8BF7B86502314963"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Nondepartmental
environmental literacy assistance programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Education shall request
that all Federal departments and agencies provide information on any
environmental literacy assistance program operated, sponsored, or supported by
such Federal department or agency, including information about the application
procedures, financial terms and conditions, and other relevant information for
each program, and each Federal department or agency shall promptly respond to
surveys or other requests from the Secretary of Education for the information
described in this subsection.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H77E22486B29C4DE58B94C43E48CDF30D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public
Information</header><text>The Secretary of Education shall ensure that not
later than 90 days after the Secretary of Education receives the information
required under subsection (a), the eligibility requirements, application
procedures, financial terms and conditions, and other relevant information for
each nondepartmental environmental literacy assistance program are searchable
and accessible through the Department of Education’s website and
cross-referenced with the United States Green Ribbon School application
information, in a manner that is simple and understandable for school districts
and communities.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H4D029D8A4F794333835AB3B77C6945C2"><enum>302.</enum><header>Federal
interagency coordination on environmental literacy</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H94697BD0FB344AA2A08BD6CAC290F58D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Secretary of Education shall coordinate environmental
literacy activities between the Department of Education, the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of
Commerce, including by carrying out the activities described in subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9F6E892249D549C9A799001C8527DA97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination
activities</header><text>In coordinating environmental literacy activities, the
Secretary of Education shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H43247BE0494C477F87A61ECC34D113F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess current
Federal environmental education programs, goals, and budget items across
agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1216C251529241E5A01EB08214ACDF27"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess
environment-based science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (referred
to as ‘‘eSTEM’’) achievement to demonstrate that learning about and in the
environment is an effective strategy for increasing engagement in learning and
academic achievement in STEM subject areas; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H92066E304BE249F4BD67B9F51C15E2A6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>produce adaptable
environmental literacy plan guidelines and identify coordinated resources
across Federal agencies that States and local educational agencies can follow
as States and local educational agencies work to develop environmental literacy
plans and programs of their own.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB0EB6A53443C4D818BAEF144BAD8663F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advisory
Panel</header><text>The Secretary of Education shall appoint an advisory panel
of stakeholders, including representatives from State educational agencies,
local educational agencies, businesses, and nonprofit organizations that are
engaged in local environmental literacy efforts representing the geographic,
economic, and cultural diversity of the country, who shall meet quarterly to
advise and support interagency planning and assessment regarding environmental
literacy activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD138714237A6452BB8B36C5542682133"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Education, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the
Interior, and the Secretary of Commerce shall prepare and submit a joint report
to Congress containing information about the coordination of environmental
literacy activities between Federal agencies.</text>
</subsection></section>