Sec. 5. Grants and cooperative agreements
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, as part of the Climate Change Education Program established under section 4, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall establish a program to award grants to, or establish cooperative agreements with, the following: State educational agencies, in partnership with local educational agencies and local nonprofit organizations, and, subject to subsection (c), local educational agencies— for the development and implementation of aspects of climate literacy plans for grades 4 through 12 formal and nonformal climate change education that— are aligned with State education standards; and ensure that students graduate from high school with climate literacy; and for the implementation of projects that— in the case of State educational agencies, include— relevant training and professional development for educators, which may include tiered mentorship frameworks; integration of key climate change concepts into State education standards for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), civics and social studies, career and technical education, and other relevant subject areas during the next revision of such standards; development of climate change education frameworks and model curricula and curation and dissemination of existing such frameworks and curricula; creation of applied learning project-based models, particularly those that allow for student leadership in project development and applied field work, such as models making optimum use of green features improvements, such as low-cost environmental monitoring sensors, to school facilities such as energy systems, lighting systems, food systems, water management systems, waste management systems, and school grounds; and incorporation of climate change mitigation and green technologies into new and existing high-quality career and technical education career pathways and work-based learning experiences in high-demand climate-related jobs, including development of partnerships with labor organizations, trade organizations, and apprenticeship programs; and in the case of local educational agencies— develop, modify, or implement district-level plans to advance climate change education that consider facilities, curriculum, environmental health, professional development for educators, student experiences, and equity; and support community partnerships among local educational agencies, nonformal education providers, community-based organizations, and other partners to advance climate change education priorities.
Institutions of higher education and networks or partnerships of such institutions to engage teams of faculty and students to develop applied climate research and deliver to local communities direct services related to local climate mitigation and adaptation issues, with priority given to projects that— foster long-term campus-community partnerships; show potential to scale work beyond the term of the grant or cooperative agreement; involve significant student input in the project development process; are inclusive for all segments of the population; and promote equitable and just outcomes.
Professional associations and academic disciplinary societies for projects that build capacity at the State and national levels for continuing education by practicing professionals and the general public in green economy fields. Youth corps organizations to engage in community-based climate mitigation and adaptation work that includes a substantive educational component. The Climate Change Education Program shall establish communities of practice with respect to each of paragraphs
(1)through
(4)of subsection
(a)in order to accelerate learning. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may not award a grant to, or establish a cooperative agreement with, a local educational agency in any fiscal year under paragraph
(1)of subsection
(a)unless amounts appropriated for grants and cooperative agreements under such subsection for that fiscal year exceed $5,000,000. Except as provided in paragraph (2), amounts appropriated for grants and cooperative agreements under subsection
(a)shall be allocated as follows: 50 percent for grants and cooperative agreements under paragraph
(1)of such subsection. 30 percent for grants and cooperative agreements under paragraph
(2)of such subsection. 10 percent for grants and cooperative agreements under paragraph
(3)of such subsection. 10 percent for grants and cooperative agreements under paragraph
(4)of such subsection. If amounts appropriated for grants and cooperative agreements under subsection
(a)do not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may use in that fiscal year— 60 percent of such amounts for grants and cooperative agreements under paragraph
(1)of such subsection; and 40 percent of such amounts for grants and cooperative agreements under paragraph
(2)of such subsection. 40 percent of all amounts allocated for grants and cooperative agreements under paragraphs
(2)and
(4)of subsection
(a)shall be directed into environmental justice communities. If amounts appropriated for grants and cooperative agreements under subsection
(a)exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year, any grant awarded to, or cooperative agreement established with, an entity under paragraph
(1)of such subsection shall provide the entity a minimum of $1,000,000 in that fiscal year.