HB3365: Relating to climate change instruction in public schools.

Legislative Summary

The Act would make new laws with respect to updates to academic content standards in certain core subjects. The updates must include standards about the causes and effects of climate change. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). [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 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] any revisions to the academic content standards for certain core subjects include standards that address the causes and effects of climate change and strategies for mitigating, adapting to and strengthening community resilience to those causes and effects. Applies to academic content standards that are reviewed and revised on or after the effective date of the Act.