3.0.0 4993 2022-12-29T13:18:34Z 2022-12-29T13:18:34Z Senate S 2022-09-28 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-09-28T21:35:12Z 2022-09-28 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2022-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N Education Education 00 2022-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2022-11-14T22:53:18Z Living Schoolyards Act of 2022

This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to local educational agencies for developing outdoor learning spaces on school grounds. Outdoor learning space refers to an outdoor physical space on school grounds that is (1) dedicated to meet or conduct curriculum-tied activities, (2) a dedicated space for outdoor classrooms that has seating and tables installed for students and teachers to meet regularly, or (3) a place that is used when the need arises to take learning outdoors.

Additionally, ED must maintain a clearinghouse that provides specified information, including links and information about state and local entities with expertise in outdoor learning spaces and environmental education.

]]> Living Schoolyards Act of 2022 Display Title Living Schoolyards Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Living Schoolyards Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants for outdoor learning spaces and to develop living schoolyards. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4993is/xml/BILLS-117s4993is.xml 2022-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.