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S.175 1
Introduced by Senator Watson 2
Referred to Committee on 3
Date: 4
Subject: Education; courses of study; curriculum; climate change; education 5
quality standards; State Board of Education 6
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to require the 7
Secretary of Education to develop an interdisciplinary climate change 8
curriculum as well as require the State Board of Education to update its 9
Education Quality Standards rules to require supervisory-union-wide curricula 10
to include climate change education. 11
An act relating to climate change education 12
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 13
Sec. 1. 16 V.S.A. § 913 is added to read: 14
§ 913. CLIMATE CHANGE CURRICULUM 15
The Secretary shall develop or adopt an open source, accessible, and 16
interdisciplinary climate change curriculum for elementary and secondary 17
schools consistent with the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 18
Change’s 2023 synthesis report. The Secretary shall build upon existing 19

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resources in creating the curriculum to enable teaching about climate change 1
across subject areas. 2
Sec. 2. EDUCATION QUALITY STANDARDS 3
On or before July 1, 2027, and in accordance with 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, the 4
State Board of Education shall amend the Agency of Education, State Board 5
Rule 2000 Education Quality Standards (CVR 22-000-003) to require 6
supervisory-union-wide curricula to incorporate environmental and climate 7
change education at all grade levels, consistent with the curriculum developed 8
by the Secretary of Education pursuant to 16 V.S.A. § 913. 9
Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 10
This act shall take effect on July 1, 2026. 11