No Child Left Inside Act of 2007

A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding environmental education, and for other purposes.

8/2/2007--Introduced.
No Child Left Inside Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states, as a prerequisite to receiving implementation grants, to develop environmental literacy plans, approved by the Secretary of Education, for kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) that include environmental education standards and teacher training. Directs the Secretary to award Environmental Education Professional Development Grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to partnerships that include an LEA and, permissibly, institutions of higher education (IHE), other educational entities, or state or local natural resource or environmental agencies, for activities involving, among other things, teacher training and the operation of model environmental education programs. Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to nonprofit organizations, states, LEAs, or IHEs for activities to improve and support environmental education that include:
(1) advancing content and achievement standards;
(2) developing or disseminating innovations or model programs;
(3) research; and
(4) creating new funding sources. Authorizes the use of grants to states out of the Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund for activities incorporating field-based learning, service learning, and outdoor experiential learning into the curricula and instruction. Authorizes the use of funds under the Fund for the Improvement of Education program to advance environmental education. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to create an Office of Environmental Education to advance K-12 environmental education and administer environmental education grant programs.


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Sponsor

• Sen. John Reed [D, RI]
• and 15 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D, MD]
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
  • Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]
  • Sen. Robert Menendez [D, NJ]
  • Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D, MD]
  • Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]
  • Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
  • Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
  • Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1981

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August 02, 2007

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• Aug 02, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Aug 02, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10817, S10820-110821)
• Introduced on Aug 02, 2007.

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• H.R.3036

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October 15, 2007 PROJECT LEARNING TREE SUPPORTS DC SCHOOL GARDEN WEEK, OCT. 15-20

The coalition is supporting legislation (HR 3036 and S. 1981) that would provide federal funding for states to train teachers in environmental education and ...

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October 05, 2007 Environmental Education Picks up New Support in Congress and ...

In the Senate, S. 1981 is sponsored by Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island. According to the bill's authors, the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind law ...

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October 04, 2007 Environmental Education Gets Support in Congress

In the House of Representative, the bill is HR 3036 and it is sponsored by Rep. John P. Sarbanes of Maryland. In the Senate, S. 1981 is sponsored by Sen. ...

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April 22, 2008 Maryland Governor, Education Leaders Call for New Federal Support ...

The federal NCLI Act (HR 3036 and S. 1981) would create a five-year, $500 million grant program and would provide incentives to states to develop environmental literacy plans. Such plans will help states demonstrate how they will ...

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April 12, 2008 Environmental Education and the No Child Left Behind Act

These bills, each titled the No Child Left Inside Act of 2007, were introduced in the House (HR3036) and the Senate (S.1981). Please encourage your senators and representative to support the No Child Left Inside Act of 2007″ ...

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January 29, 2008 Support the No Child Left Inside Act

The Coalition's legislation, the No Child Left Act (S.1981), would strengthen and expand environmental education, and would reconnect children with nature through outdoor learning experiences. The NCLI Act provides funding for ...

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