This bill urges the Governor of Alaska to establish an Office of Outdoor Equity and to allocate grant money to encourage greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in the outdoors and workforce development.

In 2018, new state science standards were adopted by the Arizona state board of education after public feedback from educators, content experts, community members, and other stakeholders. These new standards include changes related to science content, learning standards, and connections between science and other subjects.

A school district in Vermont voted to approve spending for a 10-acre parcel of land to be used as an outdoor learning space for schools in the district.

This bill would amend California’s adopted science curriculum to include “coursework including material on the causes and effects of climate change” from grades 1-12 starting no later than the 2021-22 school year.

Administered by the California Department of Education and funded with Environmental License Plate Funds, school districts, other local schools, state agencies other than the State Department of Education, and community organizations are eligible for grant funding to support programs with long-term educational benefits to California educators and students, with support going primarily to professional development for teachers.

This bill establishes California’s Environmental Equity and Outdoor Access Act, which reinforces the state’s commitment to ensuring that all Californians have access to the outdoors, and that they can benefit from the state’s cultural and natural resources.

This program was designed to support outdoor environmental education at state parks and other public land. Funding will be available to public organizations and will come from the state as well as private donors, with an estimated $10 million per year towards this program.

This statewide grant program allows school districts that serve low-income communities to apply for funding to transform portions of their school grounds into green space.

Through the California Regional Environmental Education Community, this program offered a one-time allocation of $4M that has been used to promote state-level environmental education guidelines and to help teachers implement them, while additional funding is dedicated to grants for teachers and schools.

This grant program is a conduit for public or private gifts, grants, or donations to be dispersed to organizations and schools, with an emphasis on outdoor learning for urban and/or low-income youth was funded with $100,000 within its first year.

Great Outdoors Colorado created the Inspire Initiative to support the development of 15 coalitions of organizations joining together to address structural barriers to youth getting outside in their communities with emphasis on collaboration between organizations. Total program funding is $27.6 million towards these coalitions.

This equity fund was created to award organizations that will utilize funds to increase access to the outdoors for underserved youth and their families through education, conservation, or recreation.