Section 3. Legislative purpose.
It is the purpose of this act to:
(1) authorize and require the Department of Education, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Department of Environmental Protection to develop and implement environmental education programs for the citizens of this Commonwealth and to provide leadership, services, funding and accountability for environmental education;
(2) encourage the environmental education efforts of other agencies where appropriate, including, but not limited to, those of the county conservation districts, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Community and Economic Development, the Department of General Services and the Department of Transportation;
(3) create and establish the Advisory Council on Environmental Education within the Department of Education; and
(4) establish the Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education to support the environmental education efforts of State agencies, county conservation districts, formal and nonformal educators and nonprofit organizations.
(3 amended July 9, 2008, P.L.940, No.71)
Compiler's Note: The Department of Commerce, referred to in this section, was renamed the Department of Community and Economic Development by Act 58 of 1996. The Department of Community Affairs, referred to in this section, was abolished by Act 58 of 1996 and its functions were transferred to the Department of Community and Economic Development.
Compiler's Note: The Department of Environmental Resources, referred to in this section, was abolished by Act 18 of 1995. Its functions were transferred to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Department of Environmental Protection.