CHAPTER 4. Environmental Education

Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 8700–8774 · 32 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Policy §§ 8700–8707 · 8 sections

   • § 8700 The Legislature finds and declares that, throughout the state and nation, there is a growing public awareness of the benefits derived from a healthy…
   • § 8701 The Legislature further finds and declares that an informed public working for the common environmental good through its democratic institutions at all…
   • § 8702 The Legislature further finds and declares that an educational program is needed that is designed to build necessary attitudes of stewardship toward the…
   • § 8703 The Legislature further finds and declares that without appropriate long-term funding, and without effective programs to encourage efforts and innovations at…
   • § 8704 The Legislature further finds and declares that man has a moral obligation to understand the world in which he lives and to protect, enhance, and make the…
   • § 8705 The Legislature further finds and declares that conservation education should be a means of achieving an educational philosophy that will help each student…
   • § 8706 The Legislature further finds and declares that in all grade levels, environmental facts should be taught as they relate to each other, rather than as isolated…
   • § 8707 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to encourage development of educational programs for teachers and students commensurate with the…
2. ARTICLE 2. Conservation Education Service §§ 8720–8723 · 4 sections

   • § 8720 There is in the Department of Education the Conservation Education Service.
   • § 8721 The Conservation Education Service shall encourage the development of educational opportunities specifically related to the conservation, the interpretation,…
   • § 8722 The Conservation Education Service shall have the following additional powers and duties: (1) To assist school districts, community college districts, and…
   • § 8723 The Conservation Education Service shall have such other powers and duties as shall be vested in it by law.
3. ARTICLE 3. Conservation Education Library §§ 8730–8734 · 5 sections

   • § 8730 There is in the Department of Education a Central Library and Repository for conservation education materials. Such materials may be developed by private…
   • § 8731 The purpose of the library shall be to serve as a master source of materials for the Conservation Education Service, public school districts, county…
   • § 8732 The department shall, in establishing the library, explore new methods in data processing, new library procedures, and new means for distributing materials to…
   • § 8733 The library shall thoroughly evaluate new materials for validity, pertinence, objectivity, and usefulness, and shall advise the state board in the adoption of…
   • § 8734 The Superintendent of Public Instruction, upon the recommendation of the Conservation Education Service, is authorized to make planning and implementation…
4. ARTICLE 5. Outdoor Science, Conservation, and Forestry §§ 8760–8774 · 15 sections

   • § 8760 (a) The governing board of any school district may do the following: (1) Conduct programs and classes in outdoor science education and conservation education…
   • § 8761 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, whenever an outdoor science program involves studies in marine science, the governing board of any school…
   • § 8762 The governing board of any school district may: (a) Conduct courses in forestry, and for that purpose employ instructors and supervisors of classes, and…
   • § 8763 The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, enter into agreements with the governing board of one or more…
   • § 8764 The school district or districts entering into agreements pursuant to this article with the county superintendent of schools may agree to make capital outlay…
   • § 8765 Except as otherwise provided, all of the powers and duties authorized for governing boards of school districts by Section 8760 are powers and duties of the…
   • § 8766 The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, acquire by gift and maintain real or personal property needed for…
   • § 8767 The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, provide the coordination services authorized by Section 1703 in…
   • § 8768 Any such agreement between the county superintendent of schools and school districts or community college districts or private schools may provide for the…
   • § 8769 The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, lease real or personal property for the purpose of care,…
   • § 8770 The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, convey any real property, title to which is vested in the office…
   • § 8771 The county superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the county board of education, sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of real or personal…
   • § 8772 All proceeds from the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of real or personal property received by the county superintendent of schools pursuant to the…
   • § 8773 If during a period of five consecutive school years, no programs and classes in outdoor science education and conservation education are conducted by the…
   • § 8774 (a) A residential outdoor science program shall be eligible for funding pursuant to this section if it meets both of the following conditions: (1) It is…