2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 30:2504 — The office of environmental education

§2504.  The office of environmental education

A.  There is hereby created, within the office of the governor, the office of environmental education which shall, under the direction of its coordinator, assist the commission:

(1)  To review the status of environmental education in the state every two years.

(2)  To design a plan for environmental education and review the plan every two years at the direction of and with the assistance of the commission.

(3)  To provide assistance to the commission in the administration and evaluation of the state environmental education grants program.

(4)  To promote and aid in the establishment and assessment of elementary and secondary school environmental education programs through cooperation with the Department of Education and the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

(5)  To promote and aid in the development of pre-service and in-service environmental education programs for environmental educators, formal and non-formal, through cooperation with the Board of Regents and the state's colleges and universities.

(6)  To cooperate with state and federal agencies and the private sector in developing, promoting, conducting, and evaluating programs of environmental education.

(7)  To function as an environmental education clearinghouse by:

(a)  Reviewing and recommending environmental education materials.

(b)  Establishing an electronic capacity to disseminate databases of environmental education information, formal and non-formal, and to network with interstate and federal programs.

(c)  Cooperating with state and federal agencies and organizations in the development and distribution of an environmental education newsletter.

(8)  To promote the development of cooperative environmental education initiatives with the private sector.

(9)  To initiate, develop, implement, assess, and market non-formal environmental education programs; facilitate, encourage, and support multi-school district cooperative efforts to determine the need for, develop, and assess environmental education curricula; promote state government and private sector policy that is consistent with the environmental education strategic plan established; and coordinate non-formal environmental education with elementary, secondary, and postsecondary environmental education programs.

(10)  To initiate research in environmental education.

(11)  To coordinate environmental education conferences to assist in the dissemination, development, and achievement of the state's environmental education goals.

B.  The coordinator shall be appointed by the governor, subject to Senate confirmation, from a list of three persons recommended by the commission.

Acts 1995, No. 322, §1.