157.915 Functions of council. The functions of the council shall be to: (1) Create and update annually a five (5) year management and operational plan to make as effective as possible the coordination, delivery, and marketing of all state environmental education programs; (2) Establish an interagency subcommittee to advise the cou ncil on environmental education matters; (3) Establish and help coordinate the activities of regional environmental education centers and advisory committees at all state universities and at the central office of the Kentucky Community and Technical Colleg e System to serve as networks for the dissemination of environmental education programs, materials, and information across the state; (4) Establish a competitive system for awarding grants for the establishment and maintenance of regional environmental edu cation centers; (5) Seek and receive private support to fund state and regional environmental education initiatives; (6) Assist in the integration and evaluation of environmental education in existing school curricula; (7) Monitor and report periodically o n environmental literacy in Kentucky and continually assess trends and needs in environmental evaluation of environmental education in existing school curricula; (7) Monitor and report periodically o n environmental literacy in Kentucky and continually assess trends and needs in environmental education on a local, state, national, and global basis; and (8) Make recommendations and seek changes through regulations, legislation, and other means to promot e environmental literacy in Kentucky. Effective: June 25, 2013 History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 93, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2013. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 408, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1990.
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