releases: https://sarbanes.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/congress-passes-school-bill-that-includes-environmental-education
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| https://sarbanes.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/congress-passes-school-bill-that-includes-environmental-education | Congress Passes School Bill that Includes Environmental Education | 2015-12-28 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Democrat | House | MD | John Sarbanes | S001168 | sarbanes.house.gov | legacy | On more than one occasion, Ive been walking in the Annapolis 4th of July Parade, and people have yelled out to me, No Child Left Inside, said Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland, who became one of the causes earliest champions in Congress. So it definitely hit a nerve out there. In December, the work paid off. Congress replaced No Child Left Behind with the new Every Student Succeeds Act. Although other agencies, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency have long had environmental education programs, the new law is the first time a bill covering primary and secondary education even mentioned environmental education. It seemed to me to be a grand omission, Sarbanes said. Those other agencys involvement is fine and good and important, but educators look to the Department of Education. They are in large part driven by the grant opportunities that are available from the Department of Education. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |