H.B. 54

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APPROPRIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
2 LITERACY CURRICULUM
3 1999 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Dennis H. Iverson
6 AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION; PROVIDING A S [ $99,000 ] $60,000 s
6a APPROPRIATION TO
7 SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY TO ASSIST IN FUNDING THE h [ ACTIVITIES ]
7a EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING h OF ITS
8 CEDAR MOUNTAIN SCIENCE CENTER; PROVIDING THAT THE CENTER SHALL USE
9 THE APPROPRIATION FOR h [ ACTIVITIES ] EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING h RELATED TO
9a THE DEVELOPMENT AND
10 IMPLEMENTATION OF CURRICULUM THAT FOCUSES ON BALANCED, INTEGRATED,
11 INTERDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; AND PROVIDING AN
12 EFFECTIVE DATE.
13 This act enacts uncodified material.
14 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
15 Section 1. Appropriation.
16 (1) Except as provided in H.B. 4, Appropriations Coordination Act, there is appropriated
17 from the General Fund for fiscal year 1999-2000, S [ $99,000 ] $60,000 s to Southern Utah University
17a to help
18 fund the h [ activities ] EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING h of its Cedar Mountain Science Center,
18a hereafter referred to as the "center."
19 (2) The center shall use the appropriation for the following purposes:
20 (a) to coordinate the development of an upper elementary and middle school
21 environmental education strategy that broadens the scope and quality of state education through
22 a balanced, comprehensive, unbiased, and h [ multidisciplinary ] INTERDISCIPLINARY h approach to
22a the study of environmental
23 issues h THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY h ;
24 (b) to provide a professional development program at the center that will allow teachers
25 to develop and implement curriculum which focuses on an integrated, interdisciplinary study of
26 the natural world and its relationship to economics and the community;
27 (c) to offer and evaluate pilot programs, primarily at h UPPER ELEMENTARY AND h middle
27a schools, that focus on

28 integrated, interdisciplinary environmental education; and
29 (d) to pilot a residential science summer camp for students.
29a h (3) CURRICULUM DEVELOPED AT THE CENTER MAY NOT BE USED IN THE PUBLIC
29b SCHOOLS UNTIL REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. h
30 h [ (3) ] (4) h The university shall closely monitor the activities of the center and report its
30a findings,
31 together with recommendations regarding ongoing funding, to the Legislative Education Interim
32 Committee prior to November 30, 1999.
33 h [ (4) ] (5) h The money appropriated in Subsection (1) is nonlapsing.
34 Section 2. Effective date.
35 This act takes effect on July 1, 1999.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-6-99 8:19 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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