US Congress House Bill 2547 (Prior Session Legislation)

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September 8 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

No Child Left Inside Act of 2011 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states, as a prerequisite to receiving implementation grants, to develop environmental literacy plans, approved by the Secretary of Education, for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 that include environmental education standards and teacher training. Directs the Secretary to award Environmental Education Professional Development Grants to states and, through them, competitive subgrants to partnerships that include a local educational agency (LEA) and, permissibly, institutions of higher education (IHE), other educational entities, or federal, state, regional, or local natural resource or environmental agencies, for activities involving, among other things, teacher training and the development of more rigorous environmental education curricula that advance the teaching of interdisciplinary courses. Authorizes the Secretary to award competitive matching grants to partnerships that include an LEA and, permissibly, IHEs, other educational entities, federal, state, regional, or local natural resource or environmental agencies, or park and recreation departments, for activities to improve and support environmental education that include: (1) advancing content and achievement standards, and (2) developing or disseminating innovations or model programs.

No Child Left Inside Act of 2011

Rep Sarbanes, John P.	Rep Baldwin, Tammy	Rep Berkley, Shelley	Rep Berman, Howard L.
Rep Blumenauer, Earl	Rep Bonamici, Suzanne	Rep Capps, Lois	Rep Castor, Kathy
Rep Christensen, Donna M.	Rep Cicilline, David N.	Rep Clarke, Hansen	Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"
Rep Courtney, Joe	Rep Cummings, Elijah E.	Rep Edwards, Donna F.	Rep Ellison, Keith
Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Filner, Bob	Rep Fitzpatrick, Michael G.	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.
Rep Hastings, Alcee L.	Rep Heinrich, Martin	Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.	Rep Hinojosa, Ruben
Rep Hirono, Mazie K.	Rep Holt, Rush D.	Rep Honda, Michael M.	Rep Israel, Steve
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep Kildee, Dale E.	Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.	Rep Langevin, James R.
Rep Lee, Barbara	Rep Lewis, John	Rep Lujan, Ben Ray	Rep Markey, Edward J.
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn	Rep McCollum, Betty	Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep McNerney, Jerry
Rep Meeks, Gregory W.	Rep Michaud, Michael H.	Rep Moran, James P.	Rep Napolitano, Grace F.
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Olver, John W.	Rep Pingree, Chellie	Rep Polis, Jared
Rep Price, David E.	Rep Rangel, Charles B.	Rep Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho	Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.
Rep Schiff, Adam B.	Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"	Rep Sires, Albio	Rep Sutton, Betty
Rep Thompson, Mike	Rep Tierney, John F.	Rep Welch, Peter	Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.
Rep Yarmuth, John A.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-09-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2011-07-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2011-07-14	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1321)

SB1372 (Related) 2011-07-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4613-4615)

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN02547:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr2547ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr2547ih.pdf