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 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

92 STAT. 2218

and distribution of materials by mass media in dealing with the environment and ecology. ^j.;;: '. Establishment and functions.

20 USC 3012. Director.

5 USC 5332

"OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

"SEC. 352. There is established within the Office of Education an Office of Environmental Education (referred to in this section as the 'Office') which, under the supervision of the Commissioner, by regulation, shall be responsible for (1) the administration of the program authorized by section 353 and (2) the coordination of activities of the Office of Education which are related to environmental education. The Office shall be headed by a Director who shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed that prescribed for grade GS-17 in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code.

note. "PROGRAM AUTHORIZED Environmental education.

20 USC 3013.

Grants and contracts.

"SEC. 353. (a) For the purposes of this part, the term 'environmental education' means the educational process dealing with man's relationship with the Earth and his effect on the Earth and his relationship with his natural and man-made surroundings, and includes the relations of energy, population, pollution, resource allocation and depletion, conservation, transportation, technology, economic impact, and urban and rural planning to the total human environment. "(b)(1) The Commissioner shall carry out a program of making grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education. State and local educational agencies, regional educational research organizations, and other public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions (including libraries and museums) to support research, demonstration, and pilot projects designed to educate the public on the problems of environmental quality and ecological balance, except that no grant may be made other than to a nonprofit agency, organization, or institution. "(2) Funds appropriated for grants and contracts under this part shall be available for such activities as— "(A) the development of curricula (including interdisciplinary curricula) in the preservation and enhancement of environmental quality and ecological balance; "(B) dissemination of information relating to such curricula and to environmental education, generally; "(C) in the case of grants to State and local educational agencies, or groups of such agencies, for the suport of environmental education programs at the elementary and secondary education levels; "(D) preservice and in-service training programs and projects (including fellowship programs, institutes, workshops, symposia, and seminars) for educational personnel to prepare them to teach in subject matter areas associated with environmental quality and ecology or to develop interdisciplinary strategies and programs of environmental quality and ecology and for public service jjersonnel, Government employees and business, labor, and industrial leaders and employees; " (E) planninj^ of outdoor ecological study centers; " (F) community education programs on environmental quality, including special programs for adults; "(G) preparation and distribution of materials suitable for use by the mass media in dealing with the environment and ecology; and

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