91ST CONGRESS 2D SESSION

S. 3151

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 6 (legislative day, MAY 5), 1970

Referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and ordered to be

printed

AMENDMENTS

Intended to be proposed by Mr. PELL to S. 3151, a bill to authorize the United States Commissioner of Education to establish educational programs to encourage understanding of policies and support of activities designed to enhance environmental quality and maintain ecological balance, viz:

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"PROJECTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

5 "SEC. 3. (a) Sections 803, 805, 807, 808, and 809 6 of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education 7 Act of 1965, and all references thereto, are redesignated

8 as sections 802; 803, 804, 805, and 806, respectively. Such Amdt. No. 613

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1 title VIII is further amended by inserting after section 806

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(as so redesignated) the following new section:

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"SEC. 807. (a) There is established, within the Office

5 of Education an Office of Environmental Education (re6 ferred to in this section as the "Office") which, under the 7 supervision of the Commissioner, shall be responsible for

the administration of the program authorized by subsection 9 (b). The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall 10 be compensated at the rate prescribed for grade GS-17 in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code.

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(b) (1) The Commissioner shall carry out a pro

gram of making grants to, and contracts with, institutions 14 of higher education, State and local education agencies, and 15 other public and private nonprofit educational and re16 search agencies and organizations to support research, demonstration, and pilot projects designed to educate the 18 public on the problems of environmental quality and eco19 logical balance.

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(2) Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (d)

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"(A) the development of curriculums in the

preservation and enhancement of environmental quality and ecological balance;

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(B) projects designed to demonstrate and test

the effectiveness of such curriculums;

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"(C) dissemination of information relating to such

curriculums and to environmental education, generally;

"(D) preservice and inservice training programs on environmental quality and ecology for teachers and other education personnel, public service personnel and

government employees, and business and industrial leaders and employees; and

"(E) community education programs.

9 In addition to the activities specified in the first sentence 10 of this paragraph, such funds may be used for evaluation of 11 the effectiveness of any such activities.

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"(3) Financial assistance under this subsection may be 13 made available only upon application to the Commissioner. 14 Applications under this subsection shall be submitted at such 15 time, in such form, and containing such information as the 16 Commissioner shall prescribe by regulation and shall be ap17 proved only if it—

"(A) provides that the activities for which assistance is sought will be administered by, or under the

supervision of, the applicant;

"(B) describes a program for carrying out one or more of the purposes set forth in the first sentence of paragraph (2) which holds promise of making a sub

stantial contribution toward attaining the purposes of this section; and

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"(C) sets forth such policies and procedures as will insure adequate evaluation of the activities intended to

be carried out under the application.

"(c) (1) There is hereby established an Advisory 5 Council on Environmental Quality Education consisting of twenty-one members appointed by the Secretary who shall 7 be persons who are familiar with education, information 8 media, and the problems of environment and ecological bal

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"(2) The Advisory Council shall—

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"(A) advise the Commissioner and the Office concerning the administration of, preparation of general regulations for, and operation of programs assisted under this section;

"(B) make recommendations to the Office with respect to the allocation of funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (d) among the purposes set forth in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) and the criteria to be used in approving applications, which criteria shall insure an appropriate geographical distribution of approved programs and projects through the Nation;

"(C) review applications and make recommenda

tions respecting their dispositions; and

"(D) evaluate programs and projects assisted

under this section and disseminate the results thereof.

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1 "(d) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 2 this section, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated

3 $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and 4 $10,000,000 for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending 5 prior to July 1, 1973.'"

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