GREEN Act

To enhance environmental justice education in middle and high schools that serve disadvantaged students.

4/24/2008--Introduced.
Getting Youth Re-invested in Environmental Education Now Act, or the GREEN Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and local educational agencies for the development of environmental justice curricula and co-op programs for middle and high school students at schools:
(1) receiving school improvement funds under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and
(2) located in urban communities that may be disproportionately affected by climate change, pollution, and other environmental issues. Requires co-op programs to:
(1) link students with career opportunities in the environmental field;
(2) allow students to earn course or service learning credits during the summer through experiential learning; and
(3) provide students with mentors to assist them in building the skills necessary for workforce success.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
• and 3 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
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Committees

• House Education and Labor

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

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April 24, 2008

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• Introduced on Apr 24, 2008.
• Apr 24, 2008: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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• Elementary and secondary education
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• Climate change
• Curricula
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• Education of the disadvantaged
• Elementary education
• Environmental education
• Environmental justice
• Environmental protection
• Federal aid to education
• Food
• Hazardous substances
• Hazardous waste sites
• Landfills
• Lead poisoning
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Mentoring
• Natural resources
• Organic farming
• Paints and varnishes
• Pollution
• Public-private partnerships
• Secondary education
• Service learning
• Solid wastes
• Sustainable agriculture
• Urban affairs
• Urban education
• Welfare
• Hazardous wastes

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